[Cob] Mesh/webbing choices> interior walls

[joe r dupont]

ok.. what about twisting plastic strips cut from soda bottles.. say  1"
wide and imbedding this in the cob?   it is free and  should do
something.
you could tied it in knots at the ends to create anchors in the COB. 
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:21:18 -0800 Dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine Taylor
<tms at northcoast.com> writes:
> PAUL ASKED:  Does cob lend itself to being applied to a chicken-wire 
> 
> frame?   I'm wondering if cob can be applied to chicken-wire in the 
> 
> same way.
> 
> Metal and cob are not so friendly, so adding a fiber that can blend 
> the 
> difference between the two is preferrable.  I have tried cutting up 
> 
> sacking from coffee
> (burlap) thin thin cheesecloth I got free ( dip in clay slip and 
> apply 
> loosely, potato polypropylene sacks, cut open.   etc.
> 
>     IF YOU USE THE CHICKEN WIRE I WOULD ALSO ADD A LAYER OF A LOOSE 
> 
> WEAVE FABRIC,  like    onion skin bags, other netting or the coir 
> fiber 
>   (coconut husk) matting used for gardens.
> 
> MY BEST  fiber mesh is the stuff that peels off the back of carpet. 
> it 
> is NOT natural cotton- but it is FREE and comes  off easily, and is 
> in 
> strips 6"-12" wide and can be wrapped,  dipped in lime-clay, etc.
> 
> I am testing it as a great salvage material for clay/cob like 
> projects. 
>   here is a brief rundown of using it
> 
> http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/frincetiqude.html
> 
> you are getting a good mesh, and saving it from the landrill, and 
> carpet stores are happy to let you take it. OK cobe PURISTS will not 
> 
> like this, but pick your battles... poly mesh backing is inert, is 
> free 
> and better than using cement  or more wire mesh to make things stick 
> 
> well.
> 
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