[Cob] Sand

[phil]

As I'm not building a house right now, the only stomping I've done is to build a cob oven. The three or four hours I've spent off and on in the mud didn't seem to do much damage to my feet or hands for that matter. There was no doubt that it was abrasive but the clay really seemed to help soften the roughness.


Phil Hawn, President
The North Carolina Natural Building Coalition
http://naturalbuilder.org
cob, strawbale, cordwood and other sustainable earthbuilding techniques

 --- On Tue 11/11, Kim West < kwest at arkansas.net > wrote:
From: Kim West [mailto: kwest at arkansas.net]
To: coblist at deatech.com
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:03:40 -0600
Subject: [Cob] Sand

Do you make cob with this barefoot? If I remember correctly, the first sand<br>that we got, the one that cut our feet, was called "concrete" sand. I had<br>asked for coarse sand and that is what was delivered. Due to its varied<br>particle size and the sharpness of it, I thought that  it would be great for<br>cobbing--until the feet got raw and bled.<br><br>Kim<br><br><br>----- Original Message ----- > The rock dust I'm refering to is a by-product<br>of crushing large rock into gravel. It is dark grey in color (at least it is<br>here) and is anywhere from a fine powder to a course sand in size.<br>><br>> Phil Hawn, President<br>> The North Carolina Natural Building Coalition<br>> http://naturalbuilder.org<br>> cob, strawbale, cordwood and other sustainable earthbuilding techniques<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Coblist mailing list<br>Coblist at deatech.com<br>http://www.deatech.com/mailman/listinfo/coblist<br>

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