I have been getting my bales of cardboard from behind Walgreens. They always have a lot of them out there. I need someone to help me get it into the truck because it's just a little too heavy for me. I like the bales because they're easy to get and you really get a lot of cardboard. When I used to get newspapers from the New Mexican it was a big deal to load them all into the truck and then make sure they didn't blow out then unload them all. If it's just s tiny bit windy forget it.
I have been soaking the cardboard for anywhere from 1 hour to several days. They mulch up well and make a very nice mix. The combination of using blocks in the slip forms is really great. The walls look so nice and the work goes fast. And I'm using up a lot of old blocks I have around. I have to cut them to 12" width to fit between the forms but that goes pretty fast with the table saw.
Sincerely, Judith
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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: dorisburton03@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:16:07 -0600
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: tiles
We get our paper from a recycling place in Albuquerque called unicore . It runs around$70.00 for a bail which weighs around1500 pounds. You will need a flat bed trailer to haul it because it is to wide for our one ton duly truck.
Thank you spaceman. THAT'S A HELUVA LOT OF PAPER!
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From: Spaceman <Spaceman@starship-enterprises. >net
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: tiles
To: papercreters@yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 2:52 PM
A typical mix will have about 60+ pounds of paper to yield in the range of 15 cubic feet of end product. So, four pounds per cubic foot more or less depending on your mix. For a 64'x4'x1' thick wall somewhere in the range of 1,000 pounds. Close to two tons for that studio, assuming 8' walls and not including the roof, which would take maybe another 1/2 ton. Keep in mind these are approximate WAG figures, YMMV, etc.
spaceman
judith berns wrote:
From: doris <dorisburton03@ gmail.com>
Subject: [papercreters] Re: tiles
To: papercreters@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 1:31 PM
Sounds like that would work, worth a try. Doris
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