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Earthen floors | Sigi Koko - December 14, 2024

Hi Jools, what you can put on top depends on what is there already. If you've sealed your existing floor, then anything you pour on top will not bond. In that case, you need a thick enough layer that it can stand alone (ie, 1" or more). If you have not sealed the existing floor, then yes, dampen, ...

Earthen floors | Sigi Koko - December 14, 2024

Hi Carolyn, it sounds like you may have used raw linseed oil. Or hemp oil. Neither will completely polymerize (or they take a really long time to polymerize). The only fix I know is to take the sticky bit off with a solvent (like a citrus based solvent) and then reapply a true hardening oil. Tun...

Friends in high places: billionaire-free, collapse-proof communications with LoRa and Meshtastic | Tom Woodroof - December 13, 2024

Great stuff, just asked for two of these for Christmas (one for home and one for DoES) - the map shows a total absence of nodes in central Liverpool (but quite a few on the Wirral, surprisingly).

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