[Cob] Salty cob?

[dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor]

I will also mention that Michael Smith and community   used beach sand 
in their cob too.. and it seems to be fine..they used what they had, so 
it worked for the walls they built.


theirs was  stream sand, and had no salt if I recall correctly

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On Jul 28, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Raduazo at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 7/28/2005 11:18:53 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> james at thelongwayhome.net writes:
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> 3)  Mixing cob with beach sand
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>
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> James: I experimented with using white beach sand as a plaster, and as 
> a
> floor surfacing material. I wanted to get a brighter color surface. I 
> could not
> tell any difference in color or strength.
> Ed
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>