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?
>
--- 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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