I got some free broken bales of the blow in type..Cocoon brand, they are treated with fire retarder and stink like urine when wet, very acrid, ...smell goes away once dry, also gives no 'omph" or bulk like shredded paper does. so there is no tensile strength with paper fibers going every direction..
It IS good when mixed with plaster of paris or clay or lime for a wall plaster tho. very smooth and goes on nice with a trowel over most surfaces.
the paper is so microscopically shredded it is like cotton candy,
when dry and blown it it traps air, and offer good insulation just not for casting PC blocks,,,in my experience.
if I had some free i''d add it to a real papercrete mix, just to use it up.
like to hear if some has made a successful PC product with it.
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Charmaine
Charmaine Taylor/Publishing & Elk River Press
PO Box 375 Cutten CA 95534
www.papercrete.com
Charmaine Taylor/Publishing & Elk River Press
PO Box 375 Cutten CA 95534
www.papercrete.com
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