Monday, May 12, 2008

[papercreters] Re: Did anyone use plastic instead of paper?

Thank's Mikey!!!

--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, Mikey Sklar <sklarm-yahoo@...>
wrote:
>
> The plastic is smooth and will not stick well in your mix. It can
> easily be torn out after the papercrete has dried.
>
> I would recommend saving those plastic bottles for cement mortars.
You
> can slice the plastic into very thin strips 1/16 of a inch or less
and
> use them as a cheap form of ECC fibers to reduce cracking in your
> cement mortars.
>
> On May 11, 2008, at 2:26 PM, "matrovao" <matrovao@...> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I'm wondering if any of you has experienced using plastic (old
pet
> > bottles for instance) instead of paper. I was thinking that it
may get
> > waterprofing. What do you think? In the recycling industry, they
> > sell "PET flakes" that make it easier to make the mix. Thank's a
lot,
> >
> > Marcio Cavalcanti.
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
>

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