Friday, January 22, 2010

[papercreters] What types of paper processing are required

Hello Group,

What types of processes paper work with papercrete? Shredded, torn, hammer milled, ...?

I was under the impression the paper had to be 'torn or pulverized', as done with a tow mixer or something like that, to get the benefit of strength of the fibers. If shredded paper works well then that opens up lots more opportunities for me (I can get shredded paper).

I also have a potential source for hammer milled paper but it looks like they worked it so hard it's now as fine as flour. Can that actually be any good for making lightweight insulating papercrete? Seems the crete would be pretty dense when dried.

I'd like to mold and pre-build the exterior papercrete panels for a geodesic dome.

This is a great group, Thanks in advance, Joel

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