[papercreters] Fw: Re: Carpet Crete?

--- On Mon, 10/27/08, Dennis Peterson <zyran69@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Dennis Peterson <zyran69@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Carpet Crete? To: papercreters@yahoo.com Date: Monday, October 27, 2008, 7:05 PM --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "peddler8111" <fpcharnock@...> wrote: > > Has anyone ever heard of using used carpet a a reinforcement for > papercrete or ferro cement structures? > It is a bit heavy but is available free and it seems like it would > make a very strong wall or roof if embedded into a papercrete , fiber > adobe or ferrocement slurry.. > Here is a picture of a carpet crete shed that I collected while surfing for papercrete and ferro cement projects.  I have tried doing some experimentation and found the greatest challenge was the weight of the wet carpet.  You have to have the burlap or other textile completely soaked and drained before applying the latex concrete.  If the substrate is not wet enough, the fibers dry the mixture to fast.  I couldn't remember the exact page I saw this on, and I hope the attachment works.

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