Cob: Re: horse hair

Sat Mar 29 12:49:16 CST 2003

Hidare,,,,   Hair is used in Plaster, the same way that Straw is used in clay to make COB...
And if you are doing a COB house,, you will nodoubt want to plaster(lime) the finish
coat,,, and that is how we tie Hair into COB, both Literally,,, and Literally...  ô¿ô

bill
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mary Hooper 
  To: coblist at deatech.com 
  Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:00 AM
  Subject: Cob: horse hair

  A lurker here.......

  Human hair was used as the crosshairs in rifle scopes, according to my memories.... 
  I'm late in this discussion....so would someone tell me what function the hair served in the plaster? 
  I use hair in my compost.......I cut my honey's hair so he has contributed 10 years worth of it to the piles.... I just spread an 8 year pile on my garden and it showed no hairs at all..... 

  My question has to do with insects....might hair not attract unwanted insects? Or does the lime used in the mix make it unattractive....???? 
  Mary, in NC mtns where winter returns tomorrow 
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>Hidare,,,,   Hair is used in Plaster, the 
same way that Straw is used in clay to make COB...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>And if you are doing a COB house,, you will nodoubt 
want to plaster(lime) the finish</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>coat,,, and that is how we tie Hair into COB, both 
Literally,,, and Literally...  ô¿ô</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4>bill</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=mjhooper at trccomputing.com 
  href="mailto:mjhooper at trccomputing.com">Mary Hooper</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=coblist at deatech.com 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2003 11:00 
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Cob: horse hair</DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A lurker here.......</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Human hair was used as the crosshairs in rifle 
  scopes, according to my memories.... </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm late in this discussion....so would someone 
  tell me what function the hair served in the plaster? </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use hair in my compost.......I cut my honey's 
  hair so he has contributed 10 years worth of it to the piles.... I just 
  spread an 8 year pile on my garden and it showed no hairs at all..... 
  </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>My question has to do with insects....might hair 
  not attract unwanted insects? Or does the lime used in the mix make it 
  unattractive....???? </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary, in NC mtns where winter returns 
  tomorrow</FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>