Re: SB: mud daubing

[Susan Frommer <watrlady@cosmoaccess.net>]

>    During Greg & Raquel's baleraising this  weekend, Joe McCabe commented
>on how we were using mud in sealing up the bales,

I discovered this when I began the earth plaster on the inside of the
house. We had stuffed bale gaps with loose straw, packed in pretty tight,
but when I tried to apply the plaster it had a tendency to pull out of the
holes.  So I mixed up a stiff mix of mud and straw and packed it into the
offending openings.  Just like you said..presto, a good firm surface upon
which to work.  I also used the same mix to shape the curves around the
windows.  Used blood lath to hold it in place and stuffed what I called my
"cob" mix behind the lath to form a really sturdy window reveal which took
the plaster well.

If I had to do it all over again, I'd have a crew of folks at a bale
raising responsible for stuffing with the mud straw mix as the walls went
up.  Great stuff (pun intended).
susan



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