Re: [papercreters] PC for patching hole in bricks?

If you can't find matching bricks, just fill the hole with concrete. You can find concrete coloring that can be mixed to closely match your brick color. There would be no advantage to using papercrete in this situation, and some disadvantages, like it won't stay in the hole.

Spaceman

pennymca13 wrote:

Yesterday we removed some old shutters from the front of our house  and were surprised to find a fist sized hole (not caused by a fist)  in the bricks under one of the shutters.  While it is located under  the eave, it still would provide a way for driving rain to get into  the house... It will be covered again by shutters sometime in the future....   My first thougth was to make up a tiny batch of PC and use it to  stuff/ patch the hole but then realized it might pull away as it  dries and then fall out.    Adding more sand to the mix reduces shrinkage, right?   Make it a "drier" mix to begin with?  Make a "regular" mix, let the water drain and work with it when you  normally wouldn't touch it(like when making bricks)?  Trace the hole, make a "plug" sized piece a little oversized, let it  dry and then mortar that in?  Any other thoughts, suggestions?    I'm pretty adept at mixing, blending colors, so I feel certain I can  get the color right after it dries.  One more question...  I use a commercially prepared "paperclay" material for my art  sculptures, the main ingredient being volcanic ash.  I have some old  dry pieces that I can rehydrate and blend into the slurry.  If I  mixed this with the portland/paper/sand mix do you think it would  speed up the curing process since volcanic ash (though already mixed)  might act as a pozzolan?  TIA Penny       Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/papercreters/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     mailto:papercreters-digest@yahoogroups.com      mailto:papercreters-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     papercreters-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/       

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