[GSBN] FW: bales

[Joyce Coppinger]

Received this email message today ­ just passing it along to see what
responses you may have. You can reply to Michael at the email address
included in the message and view his sculpture at the web site noted. Does
anyone know Michael?


Joyce
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From: Michael Meredith <meredith848 at yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Michael Meredith <meredith848 at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:41:03 -0700 (PDT)
To: "thelaststraw at thelaststraw.org" <thelaststraw at thelaststraw.org>
Subject: bales


hello, I am an inventor, and would be curious to know if you have ever tried
pre-soaking bales in a clay/concrete mix.

 Easily prepared with a mixer in a bucket, this slurry can be poured over
bales sitting in a plastic trough.

This pre-soak will, of course, result in a stronger bale, as well as
improving the bonding to the stucco.

usually, a mix of 10% or 30% portland cement to clay soil is used.

Stacking these moderately wet may allow the elimination of staking bales,
etc. For example, clay-crete mortar between the bales bonds them, chicken
wire is stretched over the walls, and a clay /crete stucco is applied. This
provides a continual tension member from the roof, to the foundation.

The clay/crete soaked bales will take the stucco more rapidly than a bare
bale, the stucco will stick better, and go on faster, too. This will
certainly strengthen the walls.


To fill in with insulation here and there, add in a mix of hay with crete.
Hay/crete has a very interesting texture ( it is lovely), and any mulch can
be used.
 Burlap dipped in  clay/crete or in plaster can be draped over any form, and
will take the shape of the form. You can make furniture this way. i make
sculptures this way.

Really going wild, hang steel mesh( sheep mesh should do) from the ridge
line to the walls' top plate. Place hay/crete on this, and mesh with
concrete stucco on this( perhaps ferro-cement). Then waterproof with
Duraback polyurethane. Add copper powder to the duraback if you wish, and
you now have an inexpensive copper roof, which will need a cheap re-spray in
30 yrs. or so. It can be well insulated with the hay crete.The tension
forces are counteracted by the compressile forces of the concrete once it
sets. Of course, you may also wish to try a ferro-cement dish roof, or a
sheet metal dish roof.


You can print this if you wish to...

Michael
statueofmotherhood.com


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