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To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
From: fpcharnock@earthlink.net
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:41:51 -0500
Subject: Re: [papercreters] Papercrete Boulders & Imitation Stone
Sounds like a great idea. There is a company that sells equipment for
making advertising boulders.
Even if you had to stucco the boulder it would still be a lot lighter.
Great idea, let me know how it goes.
Bob wrote:
>
> My sons and I have been thinking of a sideline business, making
> boulders & artificial stone. The large boulders would be for gardens
> and the artificial stone would be for applying like siding, over a
> metal mesh attached to the side of a regular frame home. Our soils in
> this part of Oklahoma range from sandy with no clay, to clay with no
> sand. I was thinking instead of making latex or silicone molds for
> either /(which is the traditional method for artificial stone)/, we
> would just dig deep holes in the sandy soil shaping the hole like
> different types of garden /(flower bed type)/ boulders, out here the
> rock companies are getting rich selling those large boulders and it
> takes a lot of equipment to move and deliver them, papercrete boulders
> would only weigh a fraction of an actual boulder and yet if it was
> formed in a sand hole I think it would retain some of the sand for its
> finish and pigments could be tossed either into the hole before
> pouring in the papercrete or poured into the papercrete mix. The same
> process could be used for the artificial stones only make them about 3
> to 4 inches thick and in all different sizes and shapes. The
> commercial artificial stone is quite expensive and the selling point
> is its light weight. Has anyone tried a technique similar to this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
>
making advertising boulders.
Even if you had to stucco the boulder it would still be a lot lighter.
Great idea, let me know how it goes.
Bob wrote:
>
> My sons and I have been thinking of a sideline business, making
> boulders & artificial stone. The large boulders would be for gardens
> and the artificial stone would be for applying like siding, over a
> metal mesh attached to the side of a regular frame home. Our soils in
> this part of Oklahoma range from sandy with no clay, to clay with no
> sand. I was thinking instead of making latex or silicone molds for
> either /(which is the traditional method for artificial stone)/, we
> would just dig deep holes in the sandy soil shaping the hole like
> different types of garden /(flower bed type)/ boulders, out here the
> rock companies are getting rich selling those large boulders and it
> takes a lot of equipment to move and deliver them, papercrete boulders
> would only weigh a fraction of an actual boulder and yet if it was
> formed in a sand hole I think it would retain some of the sand for its
> finish and pigments could be tossed either into the hole before
> pouring in the papercrete or poured into the papercrete mix. The same
> process could be used for the artificial stones only make them about 3
> to 4 inches thick and in all different sizes and shapes. The
> commercial artificial stone is quite expensive and the selling point
> is its light weight. Has anyone tried a technique similar to this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
>
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