[Strawbale] Interior Color Coat

[Athena & Bill Steen]

They add a variety of pigments to their clay base.  Most ceramic  
outlets have a selection of basic oxide pigments that typically  
include red and yellow oxides, burnt umber, green, etc.  For more  
specialized pigments you can go to www.sinopia.com
Soon you will be able to acquire pigments from  
www.greenplanetpaints.  One of the neat things about their pigments  
is that they include reproductions of the original Maya pigments.
I should also mention that powdered clays not only come in white, but  
red ( C-Red), orange (EM 215 and Newman), dark brown (Blackbird),  
purplish brown (Red Art) as well as others.

B...
Athena & Bill Steen
The Canelo Project
HC1 Box 324
Canelo/Elgin, AZ 85611
absteen at dakotacom.net
www.caneloproject.com


On Sep 24, 2006, at 9:14 PM, Mark Frazier wrote:

> Bill,
>
> how would you make the different color options that available
> in American clay?
>
> On Sep 24, 2006, at 9:00 PM, Athena & Bill Steen wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 24, 2006, at 8:27 PM, Vint Miller wrote:
>>
>>> Try looking into American Clay, an interior finish plaster. It's  
>>> easy
>>> for novices to master and very forgiving since it can be reworked
>>> even after it dries. www.americanclay.com
>>>
>>> Vint Miller
>>
>> I would add that yes you can use their product but for a fraction of
>> the cost you can go to any ceramic supplier and buy a powdered clay
>> (same as they use) and combine it with either silica sand or marble
>> sand and have the same thing.  For example a reliable white clay is
>> one called Ajax, crack resistant and does not tend to dust.  Use 30
>> or 60 grit sand depending upon how fine you want the coat.  You can
>> vary the ratio from 1 clay to 1 or 2 parts sand if the application is
>> thin.  Their product is designed for drywall so that should give you
>> some idea of the thickness.  Add some diluted wheat paste, you can
>> get the powdered version at ACE Hardware outlets.  Use a little less
>> than 1/4 cup for 5 gallons of dry mix.
>>
>> Bill
>>>
>> Athena & Bill Steen
>> The Canelo Project
>> HC1 Box 324
>> Canelo/Elgin, AZ 85611
>> absteen at dakotacom.net
>> www.caneloproject.com
>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 24, 2006, at 12:10 PM, Bill & Eva Kresge wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Finally our haystack is on its way to becoming a proper home. We
>>>> have
>>>>  a 600 sq ft infill SB home that we built 5 years ago. We put one
>>>> coat
>>>>  of cement plaster on the outside by hand. After function  
>>>> returned to
>>>>  our wrists we decided not to rush into putting another coat on.  
>>>> This
>>>>  year our SB cabin became our home and needed to be finished. We
>>>> hooked
>>>>  up with a cement pumping crew that had worked with Ted Buchart
>>>> during
>>>>  his SB days. THEY WERE GREAT. Two days and 10,000 lbs of Type S
>>>> mortar
>>>>  mix later and we have 2 coats of cement plaster on the inside and
>>>> out.
>>>>  Let me tell you trowelling blown on mud beats keying mud into  
>>>> those
>>>>  bales by hand. Much less wear and tear on our poor old bodies.
>>>>
>>>>  We had perfect curing weather and 4 days later I'm in the  
>>>> process of
>>>>  dehumidifying the interior. I think the emerging light gray walls
>>>> are
>>>>  lovely but Eva wants white. Would any of you with more  
>>>> experience in
>>>>  these matters be willing to share your recommendations for a color
>>>>  coat? We have a standard sheetrock cathedral ceiling and want  
>>>> to tie
>>>>  the two together.
>>>>
>>>>  Cold weather is coming quickly to the Highlands so we need to get
>>>> this
>>>>  taken care of soon. We're looking forward to our first winter  
>>>> in our
>>>>  warm and cozy little SB house. Thanks for your help.
>>>>
>>>> "Biointensive farming uses less water, land, machinery, and
>>>> fertilizer
>>>> - and more human labor" by John Jeavons
>>>>  		
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