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

[Gennaro Brooks-Church]

Yes now that I look into it human hair isn't that strong. You can barely
pull apart a horse hair. Strong stuff. Same for pig hair. But human hair is
like wet noodles compared.

Gennaro Brooks-Church

Cell: 1 347 244 3016 USA
www.EcoBrooklyn.com
22 2nd St; Brooklyn, NY 11231



On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Mark Piepkorn
<duckchow at potkettleblack.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
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