<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Common practice in these parts is pneumatic application of stucco for all stucco applications because it saves much of the labor. We've found it also gives a very good penetration of straw bales particularly when we use very light weight mesh perhaps this would be the case for earthen plasters as well. Ken Haggard SLO Sustainability Group<br><div><div>On Apr 6, 2013, at 1:08 AM, <a href="mailto:forum@lamaisonenpaille.com">forum@lamaisonenpaille.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span>Hello
everybody,
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<div class="Section1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">......for
instance I would think that if one had an earth plaster
for instance which was very well bonded into the straw
(as with say a pre-dipping method where one has up to
80mm of earth fused with the outer layer of straw) </span></o:p></span></p>
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I just wanted to comment on the dipping method for creating a
-supposed- superior bond.<br>
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Chris Magwood (correct me if I'm wrong) who has dipped with French
Dip-Tom Rijven has tested different types of bonding plaster to
bales and the outcome (not surprisingly) was that dipped bales do
NOT hold their plaster any better then other methods. <br>
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I have also dipped with Tom and opening up them bales afterwards
showed no penetration in dense bales.<br>
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IMHO, in order to create the best bond one can, one has to drive the
plaster into the bales as hard as one can. <br>
Letting a bale sit in a few inches of slip does not 'wick' the
plaster in a bale. And if it does go into the bale, I worry about
the density of that bale.<br>
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Have a nice weekend,<br>
André<br>
France<br>
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