Cob: GYPSUM ADOBE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY]

Wed Apr 9 21:10:51 CDT 2003

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<P>Cat here!  Hey today while pulling thru all the brick and rubble at my digs I find that some of the front brick were mortared with a very thin hard white mortar that seemed to have no sand at all.  It is tough stuff and sticks tenaciously to the high grade smooth face bricks.  So it turns out that this is porcelain clay that was used for morter about 100 years ago when a sleek look was wanted.  Don't know anymore about it yet.  I'm thinking that I may use the old brick in the cob to add some weather resistance and a bit of decorative flare!!  As to the porcelain clay sounds like it might make a wonderful wall surface too.  </P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>>From: "D.J. Henman" <HENMAN at IT.TO-BE.CO.JP>
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<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: "D.J. Henman" <HENMAN at IT.TO-BE.CO.JP>
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<DIV></DIV>>To: coblist at deatech.com 
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<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Cob: GYPSUM ADOBE CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY] 
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<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 11:15:53 +0900 
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<DIV></DIV>> Here is some interesting information about a soil-gypsum-lime 
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<DIV></DIV>>mixture that sounds in essence like what the cast earth company 
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<DIV></DIV>>uses. See the information and URL which was originally sent by 
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<DIV></DIV>>CousinDoug. 
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<DIV></DIV>>Charmaine, 
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<DIV></DIV>> Have you tried this out? 
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<DIV></DIV>>Regards, 
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<DIV></DIV>> Darel 
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<DIV></DIV>>http://atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~isikb/Tech1.htm 
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<DIV></DIV>><HTTP: Tech1.htm %7Eisikb atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr> 
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<DIV></DIV>>This link is from a site in Turkey. 
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<DIV></DIV>>I've been stompin round lookin for the secret of this "CastStone" 
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<DIV></DIV>>developed by a former rammed earth dude. The best i've found is that 
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<DIV></DIV>>The mix is a basic "rammed earth" mix with a set time additive. The 
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<DIV></DIV>>most common being lime which extends the set time to 20 minutes. I 
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<DIV></DIV>>have made some small samples which hold up very well eg. 1/2" x 1 
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<DIV></DIV>>1/2" x 6" piece which I(200#) can jump on with no degradation save 
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<DIV></DIV>>the edges. This is an accepted technology which is used around the 
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<DIV></DIV>>world extensively. 
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