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This non-digital adobe uses some of the most abundant and easiest to acquire materials on the planet in its composition. The four main ingredients are: soil with a high percentage of clay, straw, sand and water. Dung is also used sometimes as a bonding agent. These four, sometimes five, ingredients are combined and poured into brick molds. The molds are then left in the sun to bake until rock hard. Once dry, the bricks are then layered like [url=http://www.davidhabchy.com]barbour outlet[/url] Lego blocks to form walls. Wet adobe is then applied like a cement mortar to seal up all the spaces. A thicker adobe, which still has a good amount of water in it, can also be used as a plaster for the walls.
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Though adobe structures with good overhanging roofs can survive in any climate, they are especially suited to Mexico. In a dry climate adobe needs incredibly little maintenance. In a wet climate occasional touch ups may be necessary if the walls are exposed to water for extended periods of time. In fact, it has been found that some of the oldest structures on earth are made of the same ingredients that comprise adobe.
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If this has peaked your interest in this age old building material, then a trip to Mexico is what you need, in order to see it in all its splendor. There is a very good chance that you'll be able to find someone presently building with adobe, as this technique has never been [url=http://www.gotprintsigns.com/hollisterpascher/‎]hollister paris[/url] abandoned. Who knows, maybe you will even get to try your hand at making some adobe bricks.

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