[Cob] floor finishes

[Benjamin Brownell]

Doni Kiffmeyer was experimenting with it (or planning to) a couple years ago when he helped me with a large adobe floor in Utah. I haven't heard reports. I imagine it would still need to be well sealed to keep from flaking and releasing dust (caustic) over time. In our case, we worked a patchy thin skin of Kaolin clay into the finish plaster as it was drying for a nice marbled effect that also lightened the final color tone considerably (even after oil/wax coats). There's always the time-tested, globally approved dung-slip technique...

--- On Fri, 2/18/11, coblist-request at deatech.com <coblist-request at deatech.com> wrote:
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Has anyone done a cob floor with lime plaster as a finish? Seems to  
me it would be better than beeswax and linseed oil, but I'm just  
guessing.