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[Cob] clay slip and clothJon Kerr jonskerr at visi.comMon Feb 25 18:12:47 CST 2008
Hi all! Finally something I'm somewhat knowledgeable on. The clothes should work, provided the slip is very wet and all the fibers can get well coated with the clay. Nobody minds doing it with straw, and cotton clothing is cellulose, which straw should be too. Wool might insulate better, but you'd really have to make sure moths can't get at it. Synthetic cloth like polyester is basically plastic. Cutting cloth into strips will increase its surface area, making it absorb more of the slip, and make it possible to pack in tighter. For insulation though, you want loft, not tight-packed material. Plus you don't want to spend a lot of time cutting up clothes. So I'd say soak clothes really well and use cotton or synthetics or blends thereof. Good luck! Jon ------------------------------------------ "The sooner we all learn to make a decision between disapproval and censorship, the better off society will be... Censorship cannot get at the real evil, and it is an evil in itself." -- Granville Hicks (1901-1982) "Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -- Mark Twain
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