[Cob] DRUM PLANTER (cross posted) Lime wash over AE?

[Charmaine Taylor-dirtcheapbuilder]

Reply to Pat: on using AE limewashes-

The AE will hold some of the white wash, but not a lot, so it will not
look as you want.  the thing to do is make a clay-lime paint to go over
the AE.

You CAN  paint AE direct on the bags, then come back with a thin layer
of AE-paper or sawdust- and coat a second layer.

I am doing a lot of experimenting with AE and Rub-R Slate mixes which
have cardboard, paper, sand, sawdust, lime etc. recipes deviating from
the original mixes the inventor gave.  And AE can stick well to
anything.

Below: Clothes dryer drum  completed with an AE- Rub-R-Slate finish,
with a pure lime-paper plaster over it, colored with laundry bluing and
pigments from Sinopia and Bayferrox

Pigments mixed with water and drizzled over the rough lime plaster,
allowed to run it's own pattern.  I flipped the drum and put the green
pigment going the reverse..

the glass shown is broken "pipe" and "bong" glass from a local blown
glass artist...yeah it's legal, never been used for the intended
purpose. ( no residue)  (g)

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum-1.jpg    dryer DRUM AT BEGINNING

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum-ae1.jpg   DRUM WITH AE COAT

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum3.jpg   DRUM WITH RUB-R-SLATE MIX


http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum4.jpg    RUB-R-SLATE DRY

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum-greyside.jpg LIME-CLAY-RHA PLASTER
MIX-GREY

one side has RHA (rice hull ash)  ADDED TO GIVE A different  COLOR.

http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drum_1598.JPG   PIGMENT DRIZZLED OVER
LIME PLASTER

LAUNDRY BLUING USED, +GREEN.PURPLE PIGMENTS
http://www.northcoast.com/~tms/drumdone1.jpg     PIPE GLASS WIRED
through HOLES IN DRUM


Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com    http://www.papercrete.com
PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534
707-441-1632

http://dirtcheapbuilder.blogspot.com/   resources for building/lime
plasters

>



> I'm building a Cobwood/Earthbag shed as a learning
> project. I'm at the point where I'm getting ready to put
> AE on the existing earthbags to protect them from UV.
> I've thought about using paper adobe over the AE, but am
> wondering if I could just use a white wash over the AE?  Will
> the white wash be white? over a black AE? Another question
> is how do I color the white wash to a green or ocher (reddish) color?
> I like the idea of using a white wash but would like some
> other color than white for the earthbag wall.  You can see
> a picture at:  http://www.owlswamp.com/projects/eb_shed/shed.html
> I hope this question is okay for the coblist.  I consider myself a
> cob builder, and this project does have cob in the mortar mix.
> thanks for your help.
>
>
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