I have never shredded any paper or cardboard when making papercrete. I
just toss the bundled papers and cardboard in the mixer whole. Real easy.
Wayne
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> More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
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> From: thelandyacht@hotmail.com
> Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 21:34:18 +0000
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Interested, but not necessarily in making my
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