Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: second batch report!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

[papercreters] Re: second batch report!

"Pulpy" is good.

Pulpy and juicy is not good.

It's not always necessary, but pulpy is desireable. Pulpy papercrete
is almost always stronger than "sprinkly" papercrete, but maybe not
as festive.

Another technique for making blendo-papercrete is to pulp just the
paper in a very watery mix and drain out the excess water in a
strainer. Then go back and mix in the rest of the ingredients and
adjust the water as necessary. This can produce pulpy and gloppy
rather than pulpy and juicy.

Magazine paper contains clay. Newsprint does not. Expect different
results. Magazine paper will tend to produce stronger/denser/heavier
papercrete but slightly less quality of an insulator. Newsprint will
tend to produce slightly weaker/lighter/fluffier papercrete but a
better insulator.

self-clean ROTFL!

Keep the reports coming.

WHERE'S YOUR PICTURES?

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "bdkcu" <bdkcu@...> wrote:
>
> First, thank you all for the advice on my first disasterous block.
> This one, made 10 minutes ago is already much better! First, I
used
> shredded not soaked magazine pages, mixed it thicker, used an empty
> cookie box (I have a lot of them). The paper in the last blender
batch
> isn't as pulpy as the first so I've got colorful sprinkles through
it.
> So far, the drier mix isn't sweating as much as that first batch.
I'm
> using the basic recipe from the last time - shredded paper,
portland
> cement, lime. The main differences again - drier mix and slick
> magazine pages.
>
> I just checked it at 20 minutes,and the sides are starting to hold
> their shape - I can see now why you can pull the molds that quickly
now.
>
> FYI - the button on the blender that says self-clean doesn't apply
to
> papercrete.
>