Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Removed forms from West Wall next day

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Removed forms from West Wall next day

Kewl, I think I will try that for my next batch on the back walls. I also plan on adding the clay in the stucco mix as well to see how that will look in the end..;) again thank you for your help.
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "countryatheartok" <criswells.ok@...> wrote:
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>
> Just like it says on the Portland Cement bag, 3-2-1, of cource they are
> talking about three gravel, two sand and one cement, in my case it is 3
> wet but not runny shredded paper, and believe it or not, different paper
> makes a difference, I find white office paper only to be the best, then
> I add two clay and one cement, I first pulp the paper and add it to my
> mixer, my mixer will hold 9 wet paper pulp, 6 clay and 3 cement quite
> well. I first add my paper all except 2 parts which I hold out to add my
> cement to, once that is mixed well together I then add the last 2 parts
> paper and 3 cement mixture to the mixer, I let that mix a while then I
> add my clay parts last. Works well for me.
>
> BTB
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Anthony" <shadowweaver2010@>
> wrote:
> >
> > That looks great, What was your mix ratio again? I have a lot of red
> clay here but my mix didn't look that red when I was finished. So I was
> just curious.
> >
> > --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "countryatheartok" criswells.ok@
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > [West Wall Next Day]
> > >
> > > Just posted a photo of the West Wall next day, we removed the forms
> from
> > > the East side of the West Wall, the forms are still on the West side
> of
> > > the West wall. We will remove them tomorrow, we are now ready to
> start
> > > pouring the North side of the outdoor kitchen wall. We will keep you
> > > posted, the wife could not wait to get the table and chairs out and
> see
> > > how it was going to work out. :-)
> > >
> > > BTB
> > >
> > > P.S. Love this red clay mixture!
> > >
> >
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