Cob: Re: stucco wire

[lucynda norton]

<snip>Regarding using stucco wire on straw bale walls.  I've heard that it 
is
>unnecessary, that a mud plaster or lime plaster will stick to the rough
>straw backing fine.  It just addes extra time and expense.
>
>Anyone with experience or information on this?<snip>

  I don't have any personal experience, but I have read that it is easier to 
apply stucco to straw bales covered in stucco wire than it is to plain 
bales, but that it will stick either way.


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