April 25, 2010 @ 7:00 am
Natural Building How-To: Making Earthen Plaster (PART 1)
Lately, there’s been a lot of building work going on around Dancing Rabbit.
So for this episode of Dancing Rabbit TV, we’re taking the opportunity to provide a “how-to” natural building lesson, an in-depth video about earthen plastering techniques and application. Tamar guides us through every step of the way, showing how easy it is to make natural plaster from just a few simple ingredients, and both making and mixing the plaster, and then applying it to a natural home wall.
(Watch PART 2 of this video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RlAHPKKf5Y)
Duration : 0:8:34
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Posted by susanbunch1980
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
This video has so …
This video has so helpful! You should enter your video in this contest, Ewisdomtv
Posted by SHIZZEDaLEGO
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Where would u go to …
Where would u go to live in a place like this cuz I’m all 4 it
Posted by SputnikMedia
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
hell no . i aint …
no . i aint puttin no freaking manure on my shit.
Posted by Twilight101cp
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
this would be a …
this would be a very ecofriendly house and a ver in- expensive house, since really there isn’t any electricity to worry about paying, no mortgage, no nothing like that!! I WANNA LIVE IN 1!!!!
Posted by Twilight101cp
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
It wont be smelly. …
It wont be smelly. You could probably use mud if ur grossed out by poo.
Posted by Twilight101cp
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
yup. Life is full …
yup. Life is full of “little surprises” here and there ^.^
Posted by Twilight101cp
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Answer1: That was …
Answer1: That was wheat paste. You can make it by mixing flour and water over heat, then after it thickens, mix in more water off heat. Answer2: Probably pretty hard. You don’t want a mushy house.Answer3: Maybe, maybe not. Answer4: Umm…. not sure. You could probably make it come out from deep in the straw, then cover the inner walls w adobe, and then cover the shelf with it too.
Posted by Twilight101cp
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
when i grow up, i …
when i grow up, i want to own one, with a building in the center of the village where there are computers (i can’t live w/out them!!!)
Posted by woodrat123
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
That plaster tastes …
That plaster tastes funny
Posted by carveawoodeneye
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
thanks!!
thanks!!
Posted by MadSmokerBBQ
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Looks like a great …
Looks like a great place & way to live!
Posted by TOPCOPPER509
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
damn tamar are you …
tamar are you single
Posted by prostokvashinolife
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
What was the white …
What was the white thing she purred in? Are the walls in straw bale house a little soft or is like sheet rock type of hardness. If I punch the wall will it crack? Can you mount the shelf into a straw or you make them like you would make it in the cob house?
Posted by jameslikesstuf
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
agreed!!! hear hear …
agreed!!! hear hear!!
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April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
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Posted by birdland5
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Sorry I went silly …
Sorry I went silly on you there. Serious question- Would a cement mixer speed things up? I’m guessing its too gooey?
Posted by yesiamanalien
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
To those who are …
To those who are grossed out by the cow poo… it’s natural and only “stinks bad” when it’s very fresh. Even if it stinks when making the plaster, after a few days to a week there will be NO smell. If you are grossed out by cow poo, you don’t know much about many things in life. Life is full of “gross things” lol
Posted by breezyage
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
oh no not poo!!
…
oh no not poo!!
what? Why? Why Poo?
Why not mud? Why on earth would you want a smelly house?
Posted by jumpinjack76
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
dang ! thats alot …
dang ! thats alot of work !
Posted by thatbudguy
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
do you really need …
do you really need the cow poo?..what about cob?…poo sticks!
Posted by birdland5
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Didn’t the Pharaoh …
Didn’t the Pharaoh proclaim,
“Let them make bricks without straw!”
I don’t think he said,
“Let them make bricks without cow poopie!”
(Otherwise there’d be dancing in the streets!)
Posted by assman255
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
not a bad home idea …
not a bad home idea for going green but i plan on a log home. not sure what to use for a roof though. i don’t want to dig in the earth at all no clay no displacing sand from it’s natural environment at all. i believe that were suppost to use plants and animals only not tear into the earth in anyway shape or form
Posted by sweetsendaedreamr
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
griever.
griever.
Posted by TheWaterlily2012
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
Thanks Tamar! You …
Thanks Tamar! You really made this easier to understand than the books I have.
Posted by magua73
April 23, 2010 @ 1:28 am
@themachinegunn
…
@themachinegunn
Well it was hard work to sink to your level, but modesty apart I think I did pretty well, at least I was having a laugh.