Cob: Cob/Lime/Borax/Mold/Follow through]

[D.J. Henman]

Sounds like things are going well, Ed.   Thanks for the update on you place.

Darel
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> Darel,
>        You know I have never seen mold on a cob wall before this year. 
> This has been the wettest and most humid year in memory. It is also 
> the year that I chose to build my cob wall. Yes, I had mold on it. I 
> did not bother to treat it or remove it, I just let it dry out and die 
> of it's own accord. Then I put a scratch coat over the wall mold and all.
>        The mold did not come through the scratch coat. So far It has 
> not come through the brown coat.
>        The lime finish will be next. In areas where I had to chop off 
> high spots on the wall, I find that the wall is quite strong and 
> appears to be unaffected by weather or not that particular section had 
> mold.
> Ed