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Cob is a mixture of mud and straw. Handfulls of the wet mixture are
stacked in place to form walls. It is also known as Monolithic Adobe.
Cob is used both as the entire wall or as a fill between other building
materials.
I hope to apply Cob-like plasters for our Middle Caicos home. I've been told
there is clay bearing soils somewhere on the island. Where clay is not
available, other natural materials can be used as a binder. Two that should
be available on Middle Caicos are cactus and manure (donkeys run wild on
East Caicos). I may be able to substitute palm for the straw which gives
Cob a fibrous reinforcement.
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