SB: manure plaster

[rob crowley <rtc@overland.net>]

Katey,

could you share some details on the maure plaster recipe?

Rob


Katey wrote:

> Manure also makes a nice plaster.  A few years back we helped plaster a cob
> building.  We brought the materials needed for a lime plaster mix including gloves,
> others came with a manure based earthen plaster.  The group spent the day plastering
> the walls and ceiling.  The two plasters both worked well, but the manure plaster
> was easily applied with bare hands, unlike the lime plaster.  And there was no
> cracking at all in the manure plaster's first coat, again unlike the lime plaster.
> The smell took a little while to acclimate to but once it was dry there was no odor
> at all.  And it was a beautiful plaster.
> katey



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