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They're not kiln-fired, are they? It feels like they're just making adobe with seaweed instead of straw.
by dehrmann 3y ago
They're not kiln-fired, are they?
It feels like they're just making adobe with seaweed instead of straw.
- nerdponx 3y agoSure, but why not?
- karaterobot 3y agoThe linked article says they are dried in the sun for four hours.
- zdragnar 3y agoYeah, that's distinctly different from kiln firing. Various clays take on significantly different physical characteristics depending on heat treatment. It is possible to build a solar powered kiln, but "dried in the sun" is a different process than what clay goes through- which makes sense, since organic matter and dirt wouldn't benefit from a kiln anyway.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoThat's how it was described as in a video about it too.