permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

I didn't see Dave's response to earthen floors, would appreciate it if you 
emailed it to me Dave!  Might have got shredded in my spam box or something.  
I appreciate all the info, very helpful!  

Best, Cory

--- On Mon, 7/26/10, Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>
> Subject: [permaculture] mats on earth floors
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 3:06 PM
> We have found that only smooth (but
> not too smooth or they stick to the floor and the sealed
> portion of the floor is ripped off when they are removed)
> and breathable materials can be used to cover earth floors,
> such as soft carpet or cardboard.  Anything with texture
> will make dents and scratches in the floor.
>  
> We followed the advice of a couple popular cob books and
> used beeswax mixed with linseed oil to seal our first
> floor.  This never lost its stickiness and was totally
> unsatisfactory.  After this, we started using 50%
> beeswax/50% carnuaba wax mixed with citrus oil to wax the
> floor and this cures faster and is not as sticky.
>  
> Rain
> 
> 
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