[Cob] protecting a cob bench/ Tadelakt lime palster

[Charmaine Taylor]

  a lime plaster will  protect anything is covers if done thick
enough- in layers, ,,, but the problem is now the cob bench looks like
something else.  and if the seat is flattish water will hold and soak
in, it WILL EVAPORATE LATER, BUT   THIS IS A CASE FOR DOING A TADELAKT
  MOROCCAN  LIME  PLASTER.

  OPPS CAPPS.  sorry


  This lime plaster method  has a black  Olive oil soap in it, uses no
sand, and the lime and soap are polished in thin layers right on the
clay/cob.

  In the  Middle east there are bathtubs, sinks, shower stalls and
floors that are water proof after the lime soap coating.  it it a lot
of work to hand polish, there is no work around to this labor.     the
best lime for this is the stuff mined  in the Middle East, but  you
can also try a hydrated lime and oil soap mix..   there are many
YouTube fake Tadelakt  products I have seen,  where you do little
polishing, so it is a commercial product.  it may seal up your bench,
but not sure that is a good thing if there are  additives in the
product.

Michel Smith  used this method on one side of his cob home- the finish
is like marble, impenetrable... but he did say it was a ton of 'arm
work' to do it.


 I mentioned on another list there is a new book coming out in 09 that
is a German translated Tadelakt book...it has formulas, and how to,
and images of completed amazingly smooth hard walls.  the shower
stalls and the curvy designs will be loved by any cobber!


Charmaine Taylor
www.dirtcheapbuilder. com
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