Papercreters: Re: [papercreters] PPB's

Monday, June 6, 2011

Re: [papercreters] PPB's

Fantastic information Jack

Thank you

Wayne

> Due to the chemistry, lime (like crushed limestone) is basically calcium
> that hasn't been dehydrated to make cement. Borax has a lot of boron in
> it,
> and that is what makes it toxic to insects. So the answer is no, they are
> not interchangeable even for the insect properties. Borax seems to take
> less of it to make wood (paper?) fire resistant.
>
> I have seen on some log home forums where folks will spray or dip logs in
> a
> borax and boric acid solution (like 1C Borax, 1/2 C Boric acid, to 1 gal
> of
> water solution) to soak the logs. Also doing a similar thing using 'water
> glass' (sodium silicate) does even more to make it fire resistant (I
> understand insects don't like it either). Termites don't like it because
> it
> basically adds silica (think fine sand or ground glass) to the surface of
> wood). A friend that sells chemicals to the concrete industry told me
> they
> add sodium silicate to cement when making concrete blocks. This is what
> allows the basically porous concrete block to become 'water resistant'
> over
> time if the blocks are rained on occasionally. (sorry, I seem to be a
> factoid monster recently).
>
> If you know someone at a concrete block plant, you might be able to get
> the
> end of a container cheap/free. I got some of the cube type 400 gal totes
> that were used for the concrete additive, and they had a couple of gallons
> of chemical left in the bottom of the totes. We just poured it out on the
> ground (considered non-toxic by the EPA. Still don't go drink the stuff,
> but diluted it won't kill you, according to the MSA). ... we got the
> tote
> to haul water for horses after we washed the tote out pretty well. Also
> have used it to haul water to put into concrete mix setting some new fence
> posts, especially since it fits nicely on fork lift tines we put on the a
> tractor. Just handy to have around.
>
>><> ... Jack
> Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart... Colossians 3:23
>
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:01 AM, Joy Pickens <lilyklink@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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>>
>> Borax is expensive. Lime is cheap. Don't you think lime would do the
>> same,
>> fire and insect proof?
>>
>> Joy
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