Yes, very beautiful ! Gypsum (drywall mud ) holds to much moisture - recycled acrylic paint will make it sticky -3 of sand and 1 of cements - 81 pounds of fiber/yard - 3 pounds/ cubic foot - or 2 pounds/ 5 gallon bucket - hope this helps - again very beautiful -Clyde
From: T Phillips <doglover1918@gmail.com>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [papercreters] refinishing a papercrete wall
Love your garden work, FML. Thanks for telling us about the success of the different mixtures. I frequently get more out of the ones where things didn't work so well or as expected.
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:18 AM, F. <fml@pbtcomm.net> wrote:
It's been awhile since I posted. I deleted some old photos and added new ones. (Mike's) I've been refinishing a papercrete wall I made a few years ago. I'm using a very sandy mix of two parts sand, one part cement, one part cellulose insulation, and some joint compound, and lately mixing small amounts in a five gallon bucket with an electric drill. The joint compound makes the crete more malleable and "clay-like." Powdered joint compound actually works as well as ready-mix and is easier to mix in. That's something I just recently learned. This mortar like mix makes a nice hard shell over the papercrete, which has held up but is fairly soft. The lime putty and sand mix I'd originally finished the wall with did not fare well, especially where the sun beat down so fiercely. You can see details at http://papercreteparadise.blogspot.com/. Thanks.
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