Cob earthen plaster on wood

[Eliz. Tobin Eckian]

hi Keith,
   Does this mixture cover and fill in spaces that may be between the wood
(up to 3/4" in some places in my barn)?
How high up did you go?  I have walls that are 1  1/2 to 2 story high.
tia,
Tobin
soon to be a queen of cob up here in new hampshire

At 07:17 PM 3/25/99 -0800, Keith Breuker wrote:
>Thanks for all the suggestions for earthen plastering on wood.  Being a
>little bull headed sometines I used my original idea anyway.  
>
>It was to mix 6 parts clay, 6 parts fine silica sand and one part Elmers
>glue diluted to a paint like consistancy.  We swabed this on with a long
>handled brush as a primer.  It took very little time and dried quickly.
>When it was dry we plastered over it with our regular plaster mix.
>
>The reason I'm telling you this is that I had to remove a small section
>of this plaster on wood due to poor planning.  I found that it had stuck
>very well and wouldn't come off without removing some wood also.
>
>-- 
>Keith Breuker 
>Engineer
>SB Owner/Builder
>Flyfishing Author
>Beulah, MI
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