And all communications from the IRS (just joking ! ???)
Thanks for your opinions.
Glen
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Glen---You bet!! milk cartons have wax, and wont stick to cement, so
skip the heavy coated stuff, but pizza boxes to love letters, all
can go in!
Phone books too. I wanted to mention Jack Bays who invented
Rub-R-Slate in the 1920s used a big chopper with cardboard, and added
some cement, clay/sandy dirt ( sound like papercrete?? see nothing new
under the sun!) and he then added a dash of Asphalt Emulsion- now
MODERN emulsion is inert, NON toxic, and easy to use, it's just :
unprocessed tar- bentonite clay- water- it is mixed up into an emulsion
of jelly like consistency. You use it to patch a roof , a driveway
hole, etc.. the water dries out and the tar/clay bind very very tightly
to anything it is painted on or mixed with,.
you can make a standard papercrete mix--let it drain first, add a quart
or so of BlackJack or Henry 107 brand emusion, and voila! a nice
sticky crete theat is almost waterproof. or coat the blocks or wall
of dry crete with a mix of straight AE, and use as the first line of
rain defence. it is black in the can, but dries a light tan when mixed
with papercrete.
dont use in rainy weather, needs air/sun to evaporate the water
droplets. this is the same stuff used to make tar paper/building felt
which is the MAIN moisture defence on homes- Tyvek has replaed it on
walls, but felt is still used on roofs, and walls for barns, etc.
you can read more on Jacks creation: ( I put his 1960's book with all
the recipes onto a CD)
http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com/nububooncd.html
for people who don't trust the word asphalt- remember this is the
UNprocessed basic crude that comes from the ground- not chemically
enhanced- think La Brea tar pits- nature made this stuff- but when I
mention it on other groups people freak out over nothing. if you
drive a car you use gasoline- highly processed crude, if you have a
roof you already have tar paper on it...so I never understand the silly
"purists". this is a great product, almost unknown to DIY builders,
but very useful. I know papercreters will take to it well. ( I think
Spaceman made some triangle blocks up, and tossed them in a water tank
and they floated, -- this SOLVES the water absorption problem with
crete I believe. A thin coat on dry blocks- at least all around the
base walls prevents splashback from rains. and you can paint latex
paint right over it, which really helps- since it wont suck into the
crete.
Charmaine Taylor Publishing
STOREWIDE SALE on Books & Videos
www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
Tel: 1-707-441-1632 PST Eureka, Calif.
