P.S. Judith I also tried to stick a concrete stone (not papercrete) to the bottom row of my OSB siding building (which I'm going to cover completely with home made papecrete stones) and it stuck the concrete stone perfectly. So my agenda is to make and stick the entire bottom row of concrete stones to the OSB and short concrete stem wall, then stick home made papercrete stones from there up using the mixture below instead of just plain morter mix. I also think as a precaution I will screw each home made papercrete stone to the OSB using about 4" decking screws, one per stone should do the trick and maybe not even needed but extra caution never hurts, and doing it this way I don't have to use chicken wire or metal mesh.
Bob
--- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "countryatheartok" <criswells.ok@...> wrote:
>
> I have come up with a nice formula for filling large holes and areas
> that are missing plaster (where the plaster has fallen off the clay tile
> wall) the formula I've come up with is for about 5 gallons, it is about:
> * 1 1/2 gallons of dry wall compound, (the already mixed kind that you
> can buy in 4lb boxes or 5 gal buckets)
> * 1 1/2 gallons of wet paper pulp, (I am using the blow in insulation
> for this), and slowly mix in enough dry morter mix (which is just fine
> sand, portland cement and lime)
> * and about 1 1/2 cups of acrylic (can be latex paint or anything
> else that contains either) this mix comes out really smooth and sticky,
> you can toss a small amout (or a large amount) at a crack (up to 2
> inches wide) and it will stick like glue and spreads easy, makes
> repairing plaster easy because the paper pulp acts like fiberglass tape.
> I am thinking about using it for my finish texture coat using a brush
> splatter and a knock down method.
>
> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, JUDITH WILLIAMS
> williams_judith@ wrote:
> >
> >
> > I read somewhere a long time ago the if you add gypsum to your mix it
> will stick to wood. I'm getting ready to fill in around my vigas and
> bought some dry joint compound mix but do not know how much to add. I
> will experiment but was just wondering if anyone has experience with
> this.
> >
> > Follow progress on the new project at
> http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
> >
> > More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
> >
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