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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Interesting photos--thanks.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=jeff.buscher@gmail.com href="mailto:jeff.buscher@gmail.com">Jeff
Buscher</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org
href="mailto:greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org">Green Building</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:56
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Greenbuilding] Redoing all
floors</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Photos: <A
href="http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=B0&Dato=20110519&Kategori=PHOTO23&Lopenr=305190051&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod|galleriespic">http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=B0&Dato=20110519&Kategori=PHOTO23&Lopenr=305190051&Ref=PH&odyssey=mod|galleriespic</A>
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<DIV>The front porch (photos 15 and 16) and the walk-out basement apartment
floors (starting at photo 62) are both concrete stained/sealed with
Rainforest. The porch looks like the basement in real life, but the
lighting makes it look grey in the photos. We left the stain on some
squares longer than others before we wiped it off to give some color variation
(photo 72).</DIV>
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<DIV>The darker colored brick floors and walls in other pictures are
compressed earth block made from the subsoil on site. The blocks are
about 90 lbs/cu ft so they are a little less dense than concrete. They
have a much lower effusivity, so they feel much warmer if you're walking
around in socks in the winter. They are great for direct gain solar
storage. Those floors were sealed with a coat of untinted Earth Paint
Rainforest, and several coats of untinted Earth Paint Mountain (cashew oil +
other stuff). The brick walls in the stair have not been sealed.
That's the natural color of the soil.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, Ben Pratt was right. I find your tone to be very abrasive,
and I think you should show more appreciation to the folks on this list.
If this is the way you talk to everyone, I'm not surprised that you
didn't have a good experience building your house or getting help when things
didn't go well.</DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Ktot (g) <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:ktottotc@gmail.com">ktottotc@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Do you have any photos of floors you've done
this way? Also what kind of prep will it need to remove the current
water-based stain and exterior deck sealer (which I only found out was made
for outdoors, not indoors, after the problems began being
noticed)?</FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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