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Is charring really an effective treatment for ground preservation of wood?

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Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

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Repairing lime plaster walls

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Yakisugi (grilled cedar) 焼き杉 - Charring Wood as a Finishing Modality

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Used Material For Shed Roof

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Best oil to treat lumber with

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Durable natural wooden floor finishes?

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Painting to appease the Man

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need ideas for non toxic finishes for pine board and batten siding on our home

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Least evil paint for a house

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Wood Preservatives

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Sealing and staining Wood

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Burlap instead of lathe for plaster walls

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Natural DIY Lime Plaster in a 70’s Build

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Earthen building needs some tlc before it falls apart! Advice?

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Burlap instead of lathe for plaster walls

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It's Yakisugi time

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Insulating and refinishing exterior or 120 year old brick home.

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Fun lime plaster painting

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Swedish paint and Potato paint questions

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Used Material For Shed Roof

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Earthen plaster over old concrete foundation?

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Lime wash over fresh gypsum skim coat - advice please

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Patching roof leak on asphalt shingle

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Swedish paint and Potato paint questions

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Tiling over laminate counter tops

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Burlap instead of lathe for plaster walls

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Fun lime plaster painting

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meaningless drivel

I’m making “board butter” and need containers to package it

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Alternatives to drywall

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How to chop straw?

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Earthen building needs some tlc before it falls apart! Advice?

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It's Yakisugi time

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Best oil to treat lumber with

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Natural DIY Lime Plaster in a 70’s Build

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Replace pull tab on pocket door

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Uncle Mud Review: Chopping Straw for Earthen Plasters with a Worx WG430 Leaf Shredder

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Earthen plaster on conventional walls

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The Natural Plaster Book by Dan Chiras

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Kakishibu (persimmon tannin liquid)

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Questions regarding earthen plaster render in mostly dry climate versus lime plaster render.

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earthen shower

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question about lime putty

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Is charring really an effective treatment for ground preservation of wood?

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Finishing the outside of shipping containers

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PEP BB naturalbuilding.sand.claypaint - Make Clay Paint

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Making your nice finishing oils go further with the power of soybeans

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Log home exterior refinishing ideas, please?

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Durable natural wooden floor finishes?

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Sealing and staining Wood

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Lime, earth based plasters

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Is it dumb if I drill holes instead of installing soffit vents

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Earthen plaster over exterior of stick frame?

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Stucco/plaster Direct Over Rockwool?

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Dressing up a block wall

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Converting latex painted drywall to lime plaster

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Clay plaster as structural sheathing?

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Domegaia and aircrete

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Earthen plaster onto PIR board

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Lime plaster questions

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Organic Finish for Oak Hardwood Flooring

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Yakisugi (grilled cedar) 焼き杉 - Charring Wood as a Finishing Modality

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Limewash before plastering? Project halt due to monsoon.

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Lifetime of traditional roundwood and timber constructions and their finishes

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How To Make Amish Whitewash by Leigh Tate

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best non-toxic finishes for chicken coop?

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Can you mix sand into dry bagged type S lime before adding water for plaster?

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need ideas for non toxic finishes for pine board and batten siding on our home

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Anyone make their own pine tar?

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