Hello RikkiIt depends on what you (or Maren) have done to the wall before. I guess you have a wall that have a final or a nearly final rendering. It could be a plastering with lime or clay. If it is so, you kan give it a last plaster where you mix cow shit into the last mixture. I have done that by a building with the same problematics. The farmer was so excited by the result that he painted the whole building with a claypaint mixed with cow shit before he gave the building its final color. I am sure you can use other kind of shit too. In the highland of Peru where the have really heavy horizontal rain and wind they use donkey shit for the same reason.
So good luck! friendly regards Alice Reite----- Original Message ----- From: "rikki nitzkin" <rnitzkin@hotmail...>
To: <strawbale@amper....muni.cz> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 1:55 PM Subject: [Strawbale]protecting earth plasters
I am forwarding this message from Maren , send responses to the listserve or to marenbegur@hotmail...I have a small SB vault that already has "a good pair of boots and a hat" but parts of the walls are exposed to strong winds and horizontal rain. What transparent material (the most ecological possible) can I use to protect the earth plaster? Where can I get it?maren. _________________________________________________________________MSN Latino: el sitio MSN para los hispanos en EE.UU. http://latino.msn.com/____________________________________________________ European strawbale building discussion list Send all messages to: Strawbale@amper....muni.cz Archives, subscription options, etc: http://amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale ____________________________________________________