I have thrown all sorts of stuff into my mixer, including bamboo. Styrofoam has to be pre shredded or it just tends to float around on top of the mix, even with lots of agitation. The bamboo was hard to break down. It did shred into long fibers that probably helped reinforce the papercrete, but never turned into anything like pulp.
If I ever get a chain flail built (as soon as it warms up some) then I'm going to be feeding it just about everything that will go down its throat. I don't intend to put too much filler junk into any one mixer load unless it is all good insulation. Junkcrete won't be used for spraying unless I can run it through a sorter/sizer first.
spaceman
Perry Way wrote:Not me, but I know I read something about adding all kinds of aggregate into the mix. I am thinking it is here. Someone is using shredded CD's too. You might do a search on the archives of this group (online on the website) and you might pull up a message. Perhaps keyword "shred".
Perry
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