[Greenbuilding] Human hair (was Re: bovine booster)

[Mark Piepkorn]

On 1/19/2011 4:32 PM, Gennaro Brooks-Church wrote:
> ... earthen floor ... Human hair too - lots of hair salons here in NY! 
> How about that for local green building - NY green builders using 
> human hair because is the most readily available.

Dunno about using it in earthen floors or plasters, but I know a guy who 
collected people hair from salons and used it in lime plaster. He 
considers it a failed experiment. Much too fine and pliable, with a 
really aggravating tendency to clump up.