[GSBN] Tall walls and wet clay

[Laura Bartels]

Hi Rikki,

This clay is much more like modeling clay as you describe and  
difficult to make into a slip. Drying may be the way to go here, which  
is what we've discussed.

Has anyone else worked with clay in large quantities in this way?

Laura








Laura Bartels
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On Apr 2, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Rikki Nitzkin wrote:

>>> Laura Bartels:
>
>> On another project, an office building in PA, they have located  
>> great clay, with little expansiveness, but when sourced, is very  
>> wet and not easily processed.
>
> How wet is it? In Denmark the people have clay slip delivered  
> directly on sight. No dry clay is used. Personally, I prefer working  
> with "clay slip" (clay the consistency of a thick milkshake) to  
> using dry clay. If it is too thick you can add water and use a hand- 
> held mortar mixer with a "paint" drill bit to thin it out a bit. If  
> it needs seiving it is easier to do the thinner the mix. This WILL  
> change the proportion of sand/straw added to the mix, so make some  
> tests and be sure to be consistent in the making of the clay slip.
>
> If it wet like modeling clay (humed but solid) it is too dry to mix  
> well and too wet to disolve easily, so it would be better to dry it  
> out and pulverize it.
>
>
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