With Mud Talks 15-3 we continue a special eight-part miniseries dedicated to the topic of preserving earthen architecture. In this third episode of the series we speak to Pat Taylor, Historic Preservation Specialist & General Contractor followed by Eric Liefeld, President of Mesilla Valley Preservation, Inc. We speak about capillary action, permeability and salt attack – including sources, processes and effects of deterioration.
The Mud Talks Preserving Earthen Architecture series is brought to you in collaboration with Cornerstones Community Partnerships and is made possible by the support of the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service and a National Center for Preservation Technology & Training grant.
Mud Talks #15-3 Resource List
- Adobe Conservation - A Preservation Handbook pp. 51 to 56 
 by Cornerstones Community Partnerships (Author), Francisco Uviña Contreras (Illustrator)
 Publisher: Sunstone Press (August 15, 2006)
 ISBN-13: 978-0865345270
 https://www.cstones.org/books
- Pozzolans for Lime Mortars 
 by Pat Gibbons
 https://www.buildingconservation.com/articles/pozzo/lime-pozzolans.htm
- Hot Mixed Lime & Traditional Mortars: A Practical Guide to Their Use in Conservation and Repair 
 by Nigel Copsey (Autor)
 Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd (July 1, 2019)
 ISBN-13: 978-1785005558
- Mesilla Valley Preservation, Inc. Website 
 http://mvpres.org
- Salts of the Earth: When Salts Attack!