Cob: commercial clay-green color

[Taylor Publishing-DirtCheapBuilder]

But yes, especially for finish layers, people ARE using clay in colors.  
I want to see the green!  And I keep hearing about putting different 
colors in as designs.
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Amanda..I got an incredible sage green..very soft, by accident, still 
not sure it happened.  Some books describing old methods recommend 
letting clay"age and get stinky and ripe"...I took that to mean organics 
in it, etc made it better over time, I have a huge  tote sitting outside 
all winter, with a lid on but still exposed to air & some rain, this was 
locally dug clay, not sure where I got it, and I maight have had some 
 paper scrap in there too... when I cleaned up outside my work area last 
week I saw the most incredible soft green color, I SWEAR it used to be 
just a beige clay.  

I figured it was mold and amost tossed it, then decided to mix in  some 
lime and lime water, to kill any pathogens before I dumped it , but when 
I blended it together..even more gorgeous!  very creamy.  So now I am 
 adding fiber & making samples and painting it on wall board scrap to 
see if it DOES mold or change color etc.  I sure wish I remember what 
happened with this batch...I keep telling others, and need to remind 
myself to keep pristine science notes on what/when/ etc of all the 
soaking tubs and experiments. sigh

Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
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