[Cob] Looking to buy small ammounts of Clay

[Ocean Liff-Anderson]

You won't find clay at Lowe's - they only sell industrial building  
materials!  Want to find clay?  Look at any road cut.  You're looking  
for sticky earth which forms a good wet ball that doesn't break when  
dropped.

Of course this depend on where you are geographically and  
geologically.  Clay is very common throughout the United States,  
usually just under the topsoil in most river bottom-land or areas  
that have sedimentary geology.   If you see cracks in the ground  
during dry months, there is probably lots of clay in the subsoil.

Ask local builders (especially those doing foundation work) and local  
gardeners (who find clay a challenge)...

Good luck, and congratulations on our marriage!

Ocean
http://www.wildfirecorvallis.com
http://www.peacemaking.org


On Jul 6, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Owen Morgan - cobbuildersforum.com wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> My Fiance and I are getting married in just over two weeks and we  
> want to do some small Cob balls as wedding favors. The problem is  
> we're having a hard time finding clay to use to mix them up with.  
> We can't dig up our yard (according to my fiance although I think  
> we probably could, even make it look better) so we are trying to  
> find a source suitable. She looked at Lowe's and couldn't find it,  
> even talked to a knowledgeable person who actually knew what cob  
> was said they didn't have anything for it. I was curious if anyone  
> had any ideas of where to get it from and what type of clay we  
> should be looking for?
>
> Thanks,
> Owen - http://www.cobbuildersforum.com
>
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