What are the characteristics of it being "done" cooking? I don't want to start the remainder stairs until the lower ones are solid - does it turn white?
From: MotherReiver <motherreiver@yahoo.com>
To: "papercreters@yahoogroups.com" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Cooking
To: "papercreters@yahoogroups.com" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Re: Cooking
Thank you guys for the drying tips! I am letting it dry naturally. More steps to be dug in and poured this weekend :)
--Mother
From: "prrr.t21@btinternet.com" <prrr@talk21.com>
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 5:43 PM
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Cooking
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, June 3, 2013 5:43 PM
Subject: [papercreters] Re: Cooking
Papercrete starts out saturated wet, it just needs to dry. It doesn't behave like concrete. --- In mailto:papercreters%40yahoogroups.com, MotherReiver <motherreiver@...> wrote: > > Man, when I goof I goof! I do have a group question, should I sprinkle water on these steps once a day like concrete until they are done cooking? > > HERE is the message I was trying to send the whole group: > > "Thank you all for the tips! At least the only thing I ruined was a test bowl. > My son came over and helped me start my "stairs" on the raw hill. I made lots > of mud and he had me mix it looser than I was (more water) so he could trowel it > better. We got two of the steps done and I suspect that even though this is out > there in the dry sun, it will eventually dry. I'll post a pic soon. Should I > sprinkle it with water a bit every day like you do concrete? >
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