[Cob] Faux Leather Floor

Sat Dec 20 14:29:06 CST 2008

I've actually seen this type of floorin action, per say...
even if
its a high traffic afrea that it's on, if a spot gets worn out, you just
reapply more paper and re-shellac...like a collage of sorts. When you
begin, if you tear the sheets of craft paper or paper bags in odd shapes
and paste them down, the after-effect will *kind of* looked marbled. 

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> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:52:51
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From: "Edward Allen"
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> Subject: [Cob] Faux Leather
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> Excuse me if this is a little off topic... 
> I am
interested to see what you all think about trying to achieve 
>
this technique http://rubyglen.com/crafts/leatherfloor.htm with natural

> products. 
> 
> I'm thinking that I would use
paste to past down the paper and then 
> shellac 
> over
the top and then use hardwax ( 
>
http://www.bioshieldpaint.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=4&products_id=120)

> on top. 
> 
> This would be a floor that would
get very light usage. 
> 
> I have a subfloor that I want
to cover up cheaply and quickly. 
> 
> THANKS for your
thoughts. 
> 
> Edward. 
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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:53:03 -0500 
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From: Henry Raduazo
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> Subject: Re: [Cob] Cob roofing 
> To: philmoulton <philmoulton at gmail.com> 
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> Phil: I built a couple of bamboo basket domes covered
with a water 
> resistant daub made of clay, paper pulp and white
(Elmer's) glue 
> which is later treated with linseed oil to make
it more or less water 
> proof. I have never built one larger than
7 foot in diameter, but 
> theoretically you should be able to
make it much larger. The bamboo 
> here in Washington, DC has a
climax height of 40 ft. and you can cut 
> and split 20 foot long
sections suitable for weaving, but I do not 
> recommend working
with piece longer than ten feet. Still by splicing 
> you might be
able to get something much larger. I have a couple photo 
> essays
covering the process that I can send you if you can receive 
> big
files with pictures. 
> If you are looking for a temporary form I
issued a half dozen 
> patents on inflatable domes used for
forming concrete when I worked 
> at the US Patent and Trademark
Office. You can get inflatable forms, 
> but I suspect they are
high dollar Items. 
> Willow can also be used for weaving when
bamboo is not available, 
> but you need to develop a willow grove
that you can harvest every year. 
> Ed 
> On Dec 18, 2008,
at 9:52 PM, philmoulton wrote: 
> 
>> 
>>
Has anyone successfully built a cob roof in the shape of a dome. 
>> I know you would have to build some sort of temporary inner 
>> supports to lay 
>> it in, "in a uniform
manner" But once the roof dries the inner 
>> structure

>> could be removed. 
>> 
>> The biggest
concern would be rain but we can build a cob/adobe 
>> floor
and 
>> seal it with linseed oil and mineral spirits and polish
it so it is 
>> a very 
>> hard water resistant
surface. 
>> 
>> Phil 
>> 
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> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:25:50 -0800 
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From: Bernhard Masterson <bernhard_masterson at hotmail.com> 
> Subject: Re: [Cob] Coblist Digest, Vol 6, Issue 173 
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> Greetings Dirk, 
> I live in wet
Portland, OR and regularly do work with the Village 
> Building
Convergence where many cob benches have been built in the 
> city.
Originally cobbers were optimistic that a good oil and waxing 
>
would preserve the benches. Over the course of the last eight years 
> that optimism has changed and now any bench that is expected to
last is 
> built with a roof. The biggest problem is that
eventually uncovered 
> cob gets wet, no matter what the treatment
and then when it freezes the 
> expansion of the ice breaks large
chunks off the surface. Once 
> saturated the straw eventually
rots and then the tensile strength of 
> cob is mostly gone.
Surface treatments have included, beeswax and 
> linseed oil,
latex paint, lime, and concrete stucco (the most 
> successful).
One material not yet tried is a polyurethane varnish. 
> When
building benches outside be sure to build in such a way that there 
> is NO puddling on the surface, even if the bench is covered.
Another 
> option is to build a curved, sculpted wall with deadman
embedded and 
> then use wooden slats as a bench surface. This is
actually warmer to 
> sit on and building a narrow shake roof over
the wall is easy to do. 
> 
> Happy cobbing, 
> -
Bernhard 
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>> Message: 1 
>> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008
13:45:51 -0800 (PST) 
>> 
From: Terra Incognita
<nomadbuzzahd at yahoo.com> 
>> Subject: [Cob]
Weatherproofing a cob bench 
>> 
>> Hi there, 
>> 
>> I finished building a cob bench in Ithaca, New
York this summer and 
>> wasn't quite sure how to weather proof
it after applying a clay plaster. 
>> It looked great and I
knew it was something of a gamble but I had to 
>> leave town
and figured I'd just let it's exposure be an experiment. 
>>
There's no roof over the bench and it's not realistic to build one. The

>> rain this fall eroded patches of the plaster and I intend
to spruce it 
>> up come springtime. Currently, I have a tarp
over it. 
>> 
>> What are my options to keep this
bench safe in the elements if a roof is 
>> not an option? I've
seen uncovered cob benches elsewhere. Is a lime 
>> plaster my
best bet or are there other options? 
>> 
>> Thanks
much, 
>> 
>> Dirk Trachy 
>> Ithaca
Freeskool 
>> http://www.ithacafreeskool.wordpress.com 
>> 
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