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Chopped Straw for Plaster and Cob
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Chopped Straw for Plaster and Cob

Straw gives clay plasters, cob and mud bricks tensile strength: its fibres hold the clay together as it shrinks and stop cracks. Natural builders cut it short for plaster, about 6 to 25 mm, and longer for structural cob, about 25 to 75 mm. Dry, clean wheat or rye straw is best.
Oqalayo
1 hour per sack

Imiyalelo

1

Choose the length

Plaster: 6–25 mm. Cob: 25–75 mm. Decide before you start.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Ithephu LokulinganisaIthephu Lokulinganisa
2

Chop on a block

Lay a handful of straw across a log end and chop it into lengths with the machete or billhook, feeding the bundle forward a length at a time.

Izinto zokwakha zalesi sinyathelo:

Utshani obomileUtshani obomile5 kg

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

UbhosoUbhoso
Isikeli esinehhukuIsikeli esinehhuku
Amagilavu Omsebenzi EsikhumbaAmagilavu Omsebenzi Esikhumba
Izibuko zokuphephaIzibuko zokuphepha
3

Sieve for plaster

For plaster, shake the chopped straw over a coarse wire sieve: what passes is plaster straw, what stays goes to cob or back to the block.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isihlungo sensimbi esinezimbobo ezinkuluIsihlungo sensimbi esinezimbobo ezinkulu
Umgqomo omkhulu wepulasitiki wamalitha angu-100Umgqomo omkhulu wepulasitiki wamalitha angu-100
Imaski YothuliImaski Yothuli
4

Bag it dry

Store in sacks somewhere dry; damp straw goes mouldy.

Amathuluzi adingekayo:

Isaka le-hessianIsaka le-hessian

Izinto

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Amathuluzi Adingekayo

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