[Strawbale] Looking for Plaster Hair source

[Chris Arai]

Hi,

The horse idea is workable, but I would need to "degrease" it.  I was hoping 
to find someone who actually supplies it already "clean".

Human hair is out.  Too weak and too smooth.

Ox hair, goat hair and horse hair are the best.

See:
http://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/limehair/limehair.htm

Thanks,

Chris



On 24 Apr 2007 at 11:34, strawbale-request at listserv.repp.org wrote:

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> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:43:24 -0400
> From: "Rob Tom" <ArchiLogic at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Looking for Plaster Hair source
> To: "Chris Arai" <chris-sb at araidesign.com>,
>  strawbale at listserv.repp.org
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> On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:16:01 -0400, Chris Arai <chris-sb at araidesign.com> 
> wrote:
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> 
> > I am looking for a good source for animal hair for plastering.
> 
> > I could order it from the UK, but that seems a bit silly.
> 
> Chris;
> 
> I agree, but would modify that "bit" to "very".
> 
> A good source would be the nearest horse barn, preferably one that has 
> more than a few horses.  In this case, more (horses) is more (hair).
>