Cob: China cob- rain collection

[Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder]

Darel asked:   Wendy,  if you are still in China, would you try to find 
out some of the ingredients and mixtures they used for the rammed earth 
walls.   This differs according to regions often times.   But, it be 
good to here if you have any recipes for the local you are in.   And the 
degree of compacting.
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Darel--One of the best sources I have found for this info is an out of 
print book called Making the Adobe Brick the Chinese Way...all about 
adobe, cob, rammed earth, lime plasters, etc. In fact this is the book I 
got the  wonderful lime+ paper recipe from...for making wall 
plasters..just finished my bathroom with it... even has lime kiln 
burining information.

Anyway this book has extensive drawings showing exactly how the dirt was 
laid into forms, tools used, descriptions of wall forming systems 
etc..very thorough.  Is there something specific you wanted to know? I 
can look it up.

Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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