About a dozen Rotaract members teamed up on Saturday, August 16, to mold adobe bricks with the Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation. The bricks will eventually be used to help rebuild walls of the historic adobe buildings of the presidio. (Editor’s note: I’m still sore.)
Here’s how it’s done:
1. Mix the adobe: The secret recipe is special dirt, oil (petroleum, not cooking), water and straw/hay. Shovel, pour, mix, repeat.
2. Fill wheelbarrows with the special sauce and roll to mold area.
3. Wet down the adobe frame and paper below, then pour mixture into 2-foot by 1-foot frames. Punch any air bubbles out of the mixture. Smooth the top of the bricks, wipe the top of the dividers on the frame and remove the frame.
4. Let dry in the sun 4-6 weeks.
More photos to follow, but see the pics here.
Thanks to Jennifer Wang for organizing this great event and to all of the volunteers who didn’t mind playing in the mud!
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