[Cob] Mesh/webbing choices> interior walls

[paul]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor" <tms at northcoast.com>
To: "paul" <dotpaul at paulleblanc.net>
Cc: <coblist at deatech.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 4:21 PM
Subject: [Cob] Mesh/webbing choices> interior walls


> PAUL ASKED:  Does cob lend itself to being applied to a chicken-wire 
> frame?   I'm wondering if cob can be applied to chicken-wire in the 
> same way.
> 
> Metal and cob are not so friendly, so adding a fiber that can blend the 
> difference between the two is preferrable.  I have tried cutting up 
> sacking from coffee
> (burlap) thin thin cheesecloth I got free ( dip in clay slip and apply 
> loosely, potato polypropylene sacks, cut open.   etc.
> 
>    IF YOU USE THE CHICKEN WIRE I WOULD ALSO ADD A LAYER OF A LOOSE 
> WEAVE FABRIC,  like    onion skin bags, other netting or the coir fiber 
>  (coconut husk) matting used for gardens.
> 
> MY BEST  fiber mesh is the stuff that peels off the back of carpet. 

Thanks Charmaine.  Nice web site too.

Paul