[papercreters] Re: Simplicity

Release agents may not be needed, but some may still want to use a coating of old glossy paint, or a heavy dose of used cooking oil to protect the forms to help them last. That is, for those who plan on using and reusing their forms for more than a short time.

Most forms are usually made from wood, and the wood will tend to soak up a lot of water making the forms a lot heavier to work with. The water soaked wood is also more likely to twist and warp. A good coating of oil or glossy paint will minimize all that. Makes for less work and less headaches on larger projects. Is this a big deal? Perhaps not. It's more of an annoyance factor, but too many annoyances can build up and become nightmares on a big project.

Bitumen was mentioned earlier... bad choice for coating a form.

Then again... if your forms are usually made from scrap material, and/or you're only doing a small project, it may not be worth the effort.

Your choice.

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, MotherReiver <motherreiver@...> wrote:
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> Now THAT'S great news!  Thank you, Greg :)
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> From: Greg House <ghunicycle@...>
> To: "papercreters@yahoogroups.com" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [papercreters] Simplicity
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> You typically don't need a release agent with papercrete, since it shrinks as it dries out.
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> Greg
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