--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Charmaine Taylor"
<dirtcheapbuilderbooks@...> wrote:
>
> Charmaine has used an old washing machine and had good batches,
> but IIRC it took quite a while to break up. Correct me if I'm
> wrong, Charmaine.
>
> --
>
> hI spaceman- nope, you iz wrong.. I usly only redwood sawdust and
fine
> cross shredded paper,and have had great success as a MIXER using the old
> wringer washer it just agitates the small paper and sawdust very well..
> does not chop.. so for a nice slow mixer -- I fill with water 1/3
full, add
> wet clay and sawdust and some lime, and let it run -- chuga chuga--
for 30
> minutes, and have the perfect wet mix to pour into blocks--- or I
place A
> window screen over the washer, and dump a bucket of mix on it, and
let it
> drain a bit-- the longer it drains the stiffer and more sculptable
the mix--
> great for making shaped objects-- like animal figures, pottery -over
wire
> mesh type work. or into a block form, and then left to dry in the
sun...
> since I do not add cement I need not worry over it sitting in the
washer
> for days on end, just add more water and turn on again to stir it up.
>
> the 3 winged upright blade of the washer agitator just swivels sharply
> back and forth- in a 90 deg. arc, so it blends in all the clay
well.. and
> has a nice sound to work by.... kinda the "female touch" to alt.
> building.. but themn I started out making "kitchencrete" with my
blender and
> fppd propcessors, using strainers, cookie pans, big forks, tuna cans to
> bake test samples in a roaster bag to mimic 90 day cure--- and
branched out
> to bigger equirment like the wringer washer <grin>
>
> Ms. Charmaine Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> www.dirtcheapbuilder.com www. papercrete.com
> PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534
>
Hi Charmaine
Does it matter what kind of sawdust? Do the bricks come out any more
uniform than papercrete? Can this mix withstand exposure to the
weather at all?
TIA
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