I get it from a company that works with top secret projects and they have to put it through a disintergrater shredder and it comes out almost a powder. I would look for any companies that get government contracts or government agency's. Once they put it through the disintergrater they throw the bags in the dumpster and that's what let me know they might be willing to give it away.
Jeanne
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> Yes the mixing and wetting releases the fibers. The spaces between them are then filled by the water/cement and after the water leaches out and the mixture dries what you have is a matrix of cellulose fibers strengthened by cement.
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> I have never tried polishing it but seem to remember some who have been making sculptures and finishing them in different interesting ways.
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> Sincerely, Judith
> Visit my papercrete website at www.judith-l-williams.com.
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