Cob: china

[D.J. Henman]

Aox,
   No,  the Chinese characters are mud master.  Don't confuse English 
with Chinese.   Although AOX copied what I originally wrote about a daub 
mixture, in regards to fermentation, this process  is NOT applied in the 
case of rammed earthen walls or floors.

Darel

AOXFORDCOBBER at aol.com wrote:

> wendy
>          i think  the name you are looking for is mud mason  not 
> master as suggested by darel  there mixes as i recall are made very 
> wet  and are allowed to ferment the fiber breaking down into finer 
> strands the fermentation process chemically bonds with the straw some 
> how  when they are ready to use the mix fresh straw is added and 
> worked in.
> all the best ox