I stopped using sand in my mixer when I discovered pumice. Sand sinks but pumice floats. I now find myself reluctant to deal with my cantankerous mixer after realizing the convenience of hammermilled paper. It was a lot of mixing in the pan but I happen to like mixing with a hoe. But I have pile of paper to use up so will probably fix the mixer and use it. I will use the hammermilled paper for interior plaster though and maybe for exterior as well.
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From: "Clyde T. Curry" <clydetcurry@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun Jul 01 14:04:30 MDT 2012
To: "papercreters@yahoogroups.com" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Compressing Wet Papercrete
When I was with Judith 3 weeks ago, we mixed three mortar pans full, by hand, and cast a floor - we used hammer milled paper- her comment was how much easier it was than the tow mixer - Ya know, different tools at different times for different jobs - use what ya got , still I would advise to not discount sand, it really pulps the paper and controls the shrinkage -Clyde
From: spaceman <Spaceman@starship-enterprises.net>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:19 PM
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Compressing Wet Papercrete
This has never been an issue for me. I add portland on top of the pulp and a couple of minutes of mixing gives me a very consistent mix. I do not use sand, however. Sand can be a problem, dropping into the corners and never moving again. Even then, I have watched Judith mix by putting it all in the mixer, cardboard, minerals, cement, water, and then drive it around a bit and come back with a homogenous mix.
I'm curious if others with tow mixers have had a problem?
spaceman
I'm curious if others with tow mixers have had a problem?
spaceman
On 7/1/2012 9:16 AM, Clyde T. Curry wrote:
when adding mortar to the equation, I have never seen a tow mixer do a good job -
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