[Strawbale] Interior Color Coat

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You can also purchase pigments from places that sell candle making supplies 
or mineral makeup supplies like this place:
www.soapncandles.com

There is an excellent source in Canada for purchasing by the pound, but I 
don't see the link right now.  You can search for mineral pigments, or 
oxides to find it.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Athena & Bill Steen" <absteen at dakotacom.net>
To: "Mark Frazier" <fritter63 at charter.net>
Cc: "SB List" <STRAWBALE at LISTSERV.REPP.ORG>
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Interior Color Coat


> 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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