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Cob: fibrous concrete reinforcementRaduazo at aol.com Raduazo at aol.comTue Aug 5 20:07:53 CDT 2003
Straw is much cheaper and works fine. Also straw adds considerable volume to your mix whereas, fibers are quite expensive, they tend to clump and will require considerable mixing to separate them and will not add bulk to your mix. I have never used plastic fibers in cob but I have plenty of experience using them to make cement flower pots, and I would expect they will act the same in cob renders. Ed -------------- next part -------------- <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> Straw is much cheaper and works fine. Also straw adds considerable volume to your mix whereas, fibers are quite expensive, they tend to clump and will require considerable mixing to separate them and will not add bulk to your mix. I have never used plastic fibers in cob but I have plenty of experience using them to make cement flower pots, and I would expect they will act the same in cob renders.<BR> Ed</FONT></HTML>
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