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RE: [Strawbale]Some loadbearing compression ideas/questions
Just a mention about Dipping bales in lime . . . There is a spanish engineer
who has developed a method where he dips the entire bale in lime wash, lets
it dry, and creates very solid bricks with it. He uses these bricks to wrap
a wooden structure.
Of course, I have asked him: 1) why use a structure if these straw/lime
bales are so solid? and 2) why bother at all, if the bale can carry the load
without dipping? he says he feels it protects the bale from possible
insects, rot, etc. and likes the hard surface it leaves. . .I am not
recommending or criticizing this method. I just thought it was curious.
Has anyone out there tried anything similar?
sincerely, Rikki