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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Rikki,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here a reply from Bill Steen:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> really don't see the advantage in using such a small quantity of
it. <BR>The net gain fora little extra expense doesn't seem worth
it. Clay is <BR>easy to apply as it is so why bother. For it to be
of any real benefit <BR>in a floor, that is to say to add hardness to it, you
will need to add <BR>substantially more than that, conceivably up to 10% by
volume and you <BR>will need to have a high percentage of sand for it to
work.<BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>André</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>