[Cob] Sand

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Kim West wrote:

> Do you make cob with this barefoot? If I remember correctly, the first sand
> that we got, the one that cut our feet, was called "concrete" sand. I had
> asked for coarse sand and that is what was delivered. Due to its varied
> particle size and the sharpness of it, I thought that  it would be great for
> cobbing--until the feet got raw and bled.

Concrete sand will probably vary somewhat depending on where you buy it,
but it does make good cob.  You may want to give your feet some recovery
time and only mix one day out of every two or three until your feet have
toughened up quite a bit, or you could increase the clay/soil content of
the mix, which might decrease the quality of the mix (though it normally
shouldn't be a problem) but will definitely help to reduce the wear and
tear on your feet.

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