[Cob] COB MIX DESIGN

[Marlin]

anyone else that has also experimented with shredded paper (yes, it's me the urban waste nut :) in a cob mix in lieu of straw? I'm interested in all of the stuff that you're trying and the WHY of the materials/choices/solutions that you're looking into.

For me (once again) I'm looking to make stuff out of recycled materials IN ADDITION to natural materials and strawbales are not very indigenous to the inner city , clay and shredded paper are...

Thanx

Marlin Nissen

www.outtathebox.org


-----Original Message-----
From:     latalley <latalley at swva.net>
Sent:     Fri, 21 Nov 2003 11:59:04 -0500
To:       <coblist at deatech.com>
Subject:  [Cob] COB MIX DESIGN

Hello, I am new to the coblist.

I am thinking about reinventing the wheel so to speak by experimenting with materials in cob mixes.

If anyone has been down the road of what if and try this, read on...

I am looking into adding different materials to a cob/earthen mix and test it for durability and structural characteristics.

Some of the materials I am gathering include: sawdust, vermiculite, perlite, different sizes/courses of sand, color pigment, colored sand, peatmoss, bark, lime, plaster of paris, crushed oyster shells, small pebbles, recycled glass, and so on... 

I will be building the test clods in 12" or so cubes for material ratio tracking.

thoughts/comments/advice?

Michael LaRoche
Floyd, VA          
          


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