here are not many people like that left in the world. Good luck to all
those who will make the $$$ of this in the future, but it is because
guys like him freely shared their knowledge and failures we have moved
this where it is today.
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The woman who was helping Mike get workshops going insisted he charge
for them, he was way too willing to work for free, and he is still
that way, he marches to his own beat, and he is overly generous. When
people want his hone number to talk to him I [gently] remind them they
are getting the best , and should not take advantage of his time
without compensation of some sort. What I have seen happen over the
last 10 year is newcomers having a sense of entitlement from the
inventors who have used their own time and funds - expecting them to
just give away everything with no consideration of the value. If a
requestor was willing to do a work trade, buy the guy some new tools,
or something to assist him it would be fair. that seems to be lost in
concept. Now, those who want to share what they know is different--
much like this list, it is freely offered, but not "expected" on
demand.
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Lime & Mold- Jano- if you add just 2% lime to clay it stabilizes it
so it won't get muddy again, At the www.lime.org site you can search
for articles. and do a web search with key words too.. I find stuff all
the time popping up that is newly online..
Lime has a pH that prevents mold from even starting, and also water/
moisture is not "held" in a lime plaster- so it dries fast, so mold
can't get a foothold.
In papercrete, it is untested of course, until the NLA does serious
lab research, But if we go by the lime % used in drying mud then you
might be safe.
I do know that in my shower room, which is a cold, north facing room
that no mold grows in that wet environment because the lime in the wall
plaster prevents it.
Charmaine Taylor Publishing
Green Building DVDs & Books
www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
Tel: 1-707-441-1632 PST Eureka, Calif.
