--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "wof4u" <wof4u@...> wrote:
First of all this is my first post,but I follow the messages closely and have learned a lot.I have a lot of brown paper feed sacks as I'm a horse trainer,and I would like to use these in papercrete blocks to build an apartment in a metal warehouse building that i have.Metal roof and concrete floor are alredy there so no weather isues.
My problem is pulping the feed sacks,they do not emulsify in water even when soaked a long time,Im useing the bucket and drill mixer,and would like to know if a tow mixer will work before I build one.I have made test blocks with this paper but it dosent break down,workes best when mixed with newspaper. HELP
Rick
Rick I don't know anything about horse feed sacks, but if they are like cat or dog food sacks they probably have a plastic liner between two layers of paper. Also some of these have a glossy outer surface probably some sort of water repeler. I don't use my dog or cat food sacks for papercrete because of the above reasons. I aslo don't know if the tow mixer would work any better than your drill and bucket.
Sorry
Bob
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