[Cob] Looking to buy small ammounts of Clay

[Shannon Dealy]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, 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?

Clumping cat litter is usually just ground up bentonite clay which is 
very sticky, so a little goes a long way.  Just look for a brand without 
any additives (particularly scented ones).

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