Re: [papercreters] Re: new user

I think you will have a lot of trouble pulping you paper with that small amount of water. Papercrete is not at all like concrete, and with most mixing methods you need a lot of water, which later drains away and leaves your cement and other additives in the paper. It's not like bread dough, it is more like pancake batter or oatmeal.

Spaceman

xmd76 wrote:

hi! basically i would like to try to use papercrete. if my experiments are good for me enought i would like to use it as building material here in the UE promoting it (but i don't know yet if the material will get the UE certification that is very strict).  I actually travel a lot for work and there are some countries where i think this material could be interesting to use. I also have an eco/friendly mentality and that is why I'm so interested in new materials. Actually I don't think there are in my country or in europe some groups that organize experimental workshops (do you know something about it?).  I have a question> to start an experiment, i try to make 10 kilos of papercrete. so as mix is good 60% paper, 25% cement, 5% sand, 10% water of this weight (10 kilos)? i haven t a mixer yet but i think i could try to mix handly just to try it.  thanks a lot (and sorry for my english that sometimes is not corect)   --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "slurryguy" <slurryguy@...> wrote:   

Hello Massimo,  Welcome to the group.  Probably the best papercrete book is Gordon Solberg's book, "Building  with Papercrete."  There are other books that talk about papercrete  too, but Solberg is the only one that I'm aware of that concentrates  on papercrete.  Charmaine probably can give you the rundown on about  every book ever written.  The good news is that you have found this group.  You'll find people  here that have actually done everything written in any book about  papercrete.  Don't hesitate to search our archives and ask questions.  Can you tell us about what project you are considering or planning?   --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "xmd76" <xmd76@> wrote:     

hi  I'm Massimo from Italy, I am interested in papercrete as new        

building     

material. I ask you to advice me some good books to buy to learn how to build papercrete bricks.        

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