Some of you might remember a few weeks ago I braught up the idea of
keeping the papercrete wet and covered for an extended period (few
weeks) to see if it had any effects. Several weeks ago I cast a few
samples, unmolding some after they had set, and leaving others in
the mold and covered to keep them from drying. After about a week or
so of drying the ones that were unmolded upon setting had gained
significant strength, and were about the same results as I have seen
pictures of that everyone else is making. The ones that I let wet
cure I unmoulded tonight. I'm going to let them dry for a week or so
then do some strength tests and such to see if there is any
diffence. Some things I did notice (reason I'm posting this) was
some unusual things that were differnt on the wet cured ones. First
the appearance was very differnt then the traditional ones, they had
a nice sheen to them, not dull at all. They had also formed a
crystal looking substance on the outside of them that was very
sparkly. They had taken to the molds very well with hardly any air
bubbles on the surface- unlike the traditional ones- guess the air
had extended time to work its way to the surface and the papercrete
to settle in the mold. The paper has also seemed to have broken down
more, due to being wet and the piece look very uniform and like a
singular plastic piece. The color of these pieces has also changed,
most definatly due to the ink in the news papers I would assume (I
used white cement not grey so with grey you might not notice this).
I am anxious to see the strenth results. I have drawn up a coffee
table design that will use papercrete (most likely wet cured)
and "reclaimed" lumber. I also have a bookshelf design that I've
been toying with that I would love to make with papercrete also- if
it is strong enough. This information wont be usefull to the
majority of the people here, as its in a differnt use direction then
what is commonly discussed- but maybe someone will find a use or be
inspired by it. I'll post some more results once I have them.
-Daniel
TheSilentChamber
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