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Cob: Plaster finish questionD.J. Henman henman at it.to-be.co.jpWed Aug 27 00:10:40 CDT 2003
Ed, Raduazo at aol.com wrote: > At the price drywall joint compound would be cheaper, and you get a > free bucket with every purchase, and it might be more environmentally > friendly too. I am not an expert on drywall mud, but think it is basically a chalk like mortar. I've never applied it to an earthen wall and would under no circumstances use it for an exterior wall plaster. > My question is: Has anyone ever used corral or ground up sea shells > with lime to make a finish plaster? I've seen seashells embedded in a lime mortar for decoration. I know that lime has been produced from burning coral and seashells. I've visited a 1894 built, and recently replastered, small country hospital that used a lime + sea sand + fern glue based lime finish rendering over an earthen wall. Apparently it took a long time to fine the same kind of beach sand that was originally used on the wall. Seashells should be no problem. > How does it work? I would rather use a white silicon sand, and there > are a couple other places near Washington that have yet to try. This would work to. > Another alternative is to use any sand and then apply a pure lime > white wash, but I remember white washes of my youth that came off on > your hands and clothing every time you touche them, and I don't want > that either. You can apply a thin, straight lime mortar with light colored fibre and no sand in it for a finish color. This method can give a shiny look if you rub it enough, but I think its time consuming. > > Can anyone tell me what works the best on cob? I'm familiar mostly with a three coat method for very professional finishes. The first being the hard earth core, the next coat has a little more sand in it and finally the lime rendering. Some places with a sand with lime before the pure lime with fibre finish is applied. > > Ed Darel -------------- next part -------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Ed,<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Raduazo at aol.com">Raduazo at aol.com</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0">At the price drywall joint compound would be cheaper, and you get a free bucket with every purchase, and it might be more environmentally friendly too.</font></font></blockquote> I am not an expert on drywall mud, but think it is basically a chalk like mortar. I've never applied it to an earthen wall and would under no circumstances use it for an exterior wall plaster.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0">My question is: Has anyone ever used corral or ground up sea shells with lime to make a finish plaster?</font></font></blockquote> I've seen seashells embedded in a lime mortar for decoration. I know that lime has been produced from burning coral and seashells. I've visited a 1894 built, and recently replastered, small country hospital that used a lime + sea sand + fern glue based lime finish rendering over an earthen wall. Apparently it took a long time to fine the same kind of beach sand that was originally used on the wall.<br> <br> Seashells should be no problem.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0">How does it work? I would rather use a white silicon sand, and there are a couple other places near Washington that have yet to try. </font></font></blockquote> This would work to.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0"> Another alternative is to use any sand and then apply a pure lime white wash, but I remember white washes of my youth that came off on your hands and clothing every time you touche them, and I don't want that either. </font></font></blockquote> You can apply a thin, straight lime mortar with light colored fibre and no sand in it for a finish color. This method can give a shiny look if you rub it enough, but I think its time consuming.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0"><br> Can anyone tell me what works the best on cob?</font></font></blockquote> I'm familiar mostly with a three coat method for very professional finishes. The first being the hard earth core, the next coat has a little more sand in it and finally the lime rendering. Some places with a sand with lime before the pure lime with fibre finish is applied.<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid1a1.19531a04.2c7a82f3 at aol.com"><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size="2" family="SANSSERIF" face="Arial" lang="0"><br> Ed</font></font></blockquote> Darel<br> </body> </html>
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