Cob: [Fwd: Cob Swimming Pool & Bathtub??]

[Darel Henman]

Sorry I forgot the URL for you all.  I added it below.

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Subject: Cob Swimming Pool & Bathtub??
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>Here is an interesting article about ponds, repairing them.  Look at the
>sections entitled:
>"Clay", "Bentonite", "Gley" and "Livestock". 

http://www2.luresext.edu/aquaculture/stopping_leaks_in_ponds.htm

for more info do a google search on [  pond clay glay OR gley OR dung OR
manure -"manure storage"  ]

Darel

Amanda Peck wrote:
> 
> Charmaine Taylor at www.dirtcheapbuilder.com put a message on the ESSA list
> a while back that she'd heard a rumor that hemp oil would successfully seal
> a cob bathtub.  I don't know if she posts here.
> 
> It's pretty expensive, and you might well have to renew it a couple of times
> a year (which would make it fine for a bathtub that you empty right after
> you use it, but not a pool).
> 
> Paula Moss wrote: (heavily snipped)
> My question is: Is it possible to make a swimming pool & bathtub out of cob
> or clay?
> I know we would have to seal them very well. But, with what?
>