[Strawbale] Looking for Plaster Hair source

[Mark Bigland-Pritchard]

If the hair is for traditional lime plaster, it's worth noting the 
traditional practices on this - goat's hair, ox hair or horse hair (but 
not from the mane or tail) are favoured.  Sheep wool, human hair and 
horse mane hair are considered too smooth - the purpose of the hair is 
to help hold everything else together by being something to adhere to.  
I have no idea about dog hair, but I suspect it may be too smooth too.  
Better to capture stray buffalo and shear them...
Mark


Stone Tool wrote:

>Chris:
>	You might find it amusing to capture stray dogs and shear 
>them..........  A girlfriend and I did that once many years ago (teen) 
>when she wanted dog hair for a weaving project..... A naked Afghan is a 
>pathetically humorous sight.
>
>	Seriously though, how about using human hair....... barber shops throw 
>tons of it away.   Also in the sheep industry only the main "fleece" is 
>desirable and there are usually bags of "tags" which is the wool from 
>the face and legs.  There may also be tannery waste hair available 
>somewhere...... hides have the hair removed in the tanning process, but 
>it may not be separated from other undesirable waste.
>
>                      H.W.
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>Chris Arai wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>I am looking for a good source for animal hair for plastering.  I have a big 
>>project, so I would prefer to source it near the project (Northern California.)  
>>Does anyone know where to find this?  I could order it from the UK, but that 
>>seems a bit silly.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chris
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