[Cob] two pennies and indian cob

[Amanda Peck]

Welcome, DivaRose:

Lovely long introductory letter.  Thanks for clarifying mordants--and 
alum/soap uses.

The idea that stuff--houses included--doesn't need to be permanent has a 
very mixed history in the U.S. When I was a carpenter's apprentice we kept 
hearing that 50 years was the expected life-span of residential houses.  But 
then I know people buying and dismantling log cabins to put them up 
elsewhere.  Americans are notorious for use-and-throw-away, both products 
and packaging.

Much as I'd like to have a house that once built, stays that way!!!, I'm 
coming to the idea that if I want "all natural" there's going to be a fair 
amount of maintenance.  But it does sound like your situation has a little 
too much.

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