[Cob] Wisconsin cob?

[howard at earthandstraw.com]

I worked with some cob that had a little bit of lime in it and everyone's hands were burned by that evening and the cob wasn't that good either.  Lime in cob is not a good idea from my experience.  If you do it wear rubber gloves.


Howard Switzer, Architect
668 Hurricane Creek Road
Linden, TN 37096
931-589-6513
www.earthandstraw.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Janet Standeford 
  To: coblist at deatech.com 
  Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2010 1:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [Cob] Wisconsin cob?


  Hi evveryone,
  I had a chance to work on some cob that went over straw bales down the 
  road and the finish before earth plaster is lime soaked straw, chopped 
  fine first. I this how everyone else done this?

  First they soaked 8 gal chopped straw for 1/2 hr (when taken out- barely 
  dripping) in 10 oz lime plaster to 4 gal water.
  Then they mixed 3/4 gal lime plaster slurry with 2 gal clay slurry then 
  added 2 gal packed sand and then added the wet straw.
  This was mixed in a mixer.


  Janet Standeford OR
  www.buildingnaturally.info (Owned by you)
  A resource for healthy homes.



  On 7/11/2010 10:10 AM, Tys Sniffen wrote:
  > Hey folks,
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  > I'm headed back to my home state of Wisconsin the 2nd week in August. Would
  > there be any cob homes to look at somewhere between Oshkosh and Minneapolis?
  > We're in plaster prep stage, and I'd love to put my hands on some finished
  > walls to know what I'm trying to go for.
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  > Sorry to all those international folks on the list, but I had to ask.
  >
  > Tys
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