Friday, October 3, 2014

[papercreters] Re: papercrete costs and coatings



The papercrete in the grid of such small cross section will be prone to breaking. You might experiment with either wire reinforcement or maybe steel microfibers as an admix.

Might I suggest something really off the wall. How strong does the grid have to be? You might be able to use a sodium silicate C02 injection technique that is used in core and mold making. See http://www.svsu.edu/~rtuttle/FRG/HOWTOs/Sodium%20Silicate%20Coremaking.pdf  Now this material will still have a brittle nature but if you framed the grid for strength you might get by. But it would be stronger than papercrete in the cross sections you are aiming for.

JohnMc


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Posted by: john mcginnis <maruadventurer@gmail.com>



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