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PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.adobes - Make 12 adobe bricks

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I completed this BB at the PTJ event. Creating cob is so much fun! Adobe bricks felt like mud pie play for grown ups.
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Sand
Sand
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Clay
Clay
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Mixing the cob with my feet
Mixing the cob with my feet
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Packing cob into forms
Packing cob into forms
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Adobe bricks drying on their sides
Adobe bricks drying on their sides
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Made adobe bricks at the PTJ event. I also helped make a frame for "half size" adobe bricks with Jim -maybe that's an oddball BB?
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Finised bricks drying
Finised bricks drying
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Filling frames with adobe
Filling frames with adobe
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Stomping!
Stomping!
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Gathering sand from Arrakis.
Gathering sand from Arrakis.
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Screening the gravel from the sand
Screening the gravel from the sand
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Here is my submission for PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.adobes - Make 12 adobe bricks

Minimum requirements:
 - Make 12 bricks
 - 12” by 6” by 3”

To get certified for this BB, I am posting the following pics:
 - Show your mix and tools
 - Action shot
 - Bricks drying on edge
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Adobe bricks can be used In many places. To mark a foot path or around fire pit
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metals and tools
metals and tools
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mixing adding water and straw
mixing adding water and straw
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three bricks made
three bricks made
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bricks on there sides
bricks on there sides
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I completed this BB at the SKIP 2023 event. I used the same adobe brick form used for all other bricks created here, which is the standard size of 12" x 6" x 3".

I'm attaching these pics:

 - my mix and tools
 - Action shot of me flipping over my mix before resuming my adobe-mix-dance
 - Bricks drying on edge

Thanks!
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Here’s my first round of cob bricks. Going to try a few different mixes; build a kiln, fire all the mixes & see what ends up most durable.

First round started pretty sloppy so I did a few extras so I’d at least have 12 good ones.

This is all in preparation to have our first RMH finished before winter.
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I made adobe bricks! Ingredients are: sandy soil, clay soil, and chopped straw. I chopped it with scissors. I used my feet, my hands, a shovel a few times, and this wooden form.
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The ingredients
The ingredients
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My foot squishing the mixture
My foot squishing the mixture
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12 Bricks drying on end
12 Bricks drying on end
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12 inch by 6 inch
12 inch by 6 inch
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By 3 inch
By 3 inch

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At Wheaton Labs, I made 13 adobe bricks that are 12" x 6" x 3". The mixed materials are sand, clay harvested from the lab, and straw. I was sharing the forms with other Skippers but kept track of my bricks that I made throughout the whole process.


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Wet Clay, Straw, and sand
Wet Clay, Straw, and sand
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Made 12 Adobe bricks! My method was a smidge different- I did small batch by mixing up each brick individually in a bucket.

A couple days earlier I made 2 bricks and let them dry so I could see what I liked and didn't like before making the whole dozen.

My materials are kitty litter clay, play sand, straw and a little dirt plus water.
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6" wide form
6" wide form
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12" long form
12" long form
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my mix
my mix
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clay slip
clay slip
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water and frame
water and frame
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sand
sand
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action shot of first brick and second brick half filled in the form
action shot of first brick and second brick half filled in the form
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12 bricks on edge drying
12 bricks on edge drying

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Kirk Mobert wrote:
Minimum requirements:
  - Make 12 bricks
  - 12” by 6” by 3”

To get certified for this BB, post the following as pictures or video (<2 min):
  - Show your mix and tools
  - Action shot
  - Bricks drying on edge



I tested 4 different mixes using varying proportions of the subsoil from my friend's property, sand aggregate, and long straw or cattail fluff depending on the mix.

I think the 2:1:3 mix is the best which is the cob mix that I used with more straw.
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