[Cob] cob sink???

[Kim West]

[Apologies if you receive more than one copy of this. I inadvertently sent
it to an individual instead of to the list as I had intended to do.]


OK, but wasn't there someone who made a cob sink instead of a bathtub? I've
been wanting to ask about this sink:

1) How is it holding up?
2) How is it used?
3) How long has it been used in the manner of the answer to question #2?
4) How often is it used in the manner of the answers to questions #2 and 3?
5) What was the exact process used to build it?
6) Who built it?

Thanks,

Kim


> ----- Original Message ----- >
> > I am sorry to say the person who did this said she  never uses the tub
> > for bathing, or puts water in it at all, and so I feel it misleading for
> her to
> > encourage others to"make a cob tub".
> >
> > There may be some things we just don't ask clay to do...but OTOH clay is
> what
> > lines river beds and streams and keeps the water in the river.
> >
> > So as Becky Bee does, use a metal or ceramic tub and cob around it.
> >
> > on Extreme Homes I have seen some fantastic tub surrounds with
> > tile and organic materials..so a high lime-clay mix can be a solution.
> >
> > and using hydraulic lime to line the "cob" earthen tub is also a natural
> > solution and lets you have an all clay base tub.
> >
> > Hydraulic lime sets in water ( not air as regular lime does) so it can
be
> > plastered over cob, and protect it.
> >
> > learn more at http://www.limes.us/
> >
> >
> > Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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> > 707-441-1632
> >
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