Cob: re:rope making fibers

[Charmaine R Taylor]

Actually, Johm Stahl in Leggett CA used chopped hemp fibers in his Agstone mix,
which has a high amount of sand, but no clay, and a lotof lime.  John builds a
soft mix, like a combo of cob and papercrete and has made  rock hard floors,
steps ( whole flights of them cut into a hillside) etc.  Hemp is quite high is
silica so it seems to bond well with the lime/sand.  you can visit his site at
http://www.tree.org  and go to Building..he makes hemp  paper professionally..

When I visited and interviewed him I was really impressed with how well the
chopped hemp ( and weeds/scrap schrubs) made into a sculptable building mix.

Charmaine  Taylor
Taylor Publishing
PO Box 6985, Eureka CA 95502
1-707-441-1632
http://www.northcoast.com/~tms.

Rosemary Lyndall Wemm wrote:

> Shannon C. Dealy  wrote:
>
> > While I would assume that hemp would make great cob (it certainly will
> > meet the length and strength tests), there is still the question of
> > how well the sand and clay will be able to grip it.
>
> Assuming that it works well, how does one get around the problem of it being
> mistaken for a prohibited substnace?
>
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