Thank You,
That sounds like a really good mix Eli. What I was referring to was the cement mix for the papercrete. Most papercrete is made using Portland Cement, but I’ve heard of others using Metakaolin and Slacked Lime. I am curious as how the different applications compare. I remember that Metakaolin increases fire resistance. Is it more or less brittle when dry, does it retain water to a greater degree? I’m curious if it might be an alternative to using
Janosh
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:14 PM
To: papercreters
Subject: [papercreters] Re:Mortar
I can't speak to pluses and minuses but I can tell you how we make a very successful mortar for our papercrete block house under construction.
It is based on a traditional mortar mix. We make our slurry from newprint to the consistency of oatmeal with the emulsifier shown in the Photos section. We wet the blocks before laying up.
Into a mixer we throw an almost full 5gal bucket of sand, 1qt of lime, 1qt of Metakaolin, and 6qts of
I hope this is useful.
Eli
BTW check out some pix of the project at http://picasaweb.
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