Thank you
I leave paper in the tubs all year round. I leave the raw materials in
one bath, pulp the paper with a cement mixer and pour it into antother
bath where it waits as a ready to use raw material. The baths are both
kept full by the rains all year. I live in a cool, damp climate and rain
is never more than a few weeks away in the summer. The paper has never
gone moldy, although it does ferment a little over the summer.
The pulp bath acts as an accumulator. I tip the slurried pulp in one end
and by the time it works its way to the other end it has achieved a
consistent mix with any excess water flowing over the end of the bath,
leaving the pulp behind. I load the mixer and let it mix while I work on
other projects around the garden. I mix when I can and use it when the
urge arises.
My challenge is to find better ways to waterproof my paper products, hence
the reason for joining this group to further my research.
Wayne
> How long can you keep the paper in the tub before it starts to mold?
> Welcome
> to the group, Wayne.
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Wayne <huon@intas.net.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Although I am only new to this group I have been making things from
>> paper
>> slurry for over 10 years now. I use all sorts of raw materials including
>> old cardboard boxes and books. I find it works best if I store my raw
>> materials in an old bath outside and the rain keeps them wet. This
>> pre-soaking makes the fibers tease apart quicker and better in the
>> mixer.
>> I just discard the non useable items like the plastic tape from the
>> boxes
>> while I am using the pulp. Using this pre-soaking I find I can use a
>> much wider range of raw materials.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>> >
>> > That would scare me too! Maybe a different blade with finer
>> > teeth?
>> >
>> > I've never cut a book on a table saw, was basing the suggestion on
>> > seeing Judith's success cutting pc blocks but then pc is normally a
>> > lot less dense than a hardback book. I think my spray washer would
>> > work on them but I'm not driving a thousand miles to find out :)
>> > spaceman All opinions expressed or implied are subject to change
>> > without notice upon receipt of new information.
>> > http://Starship-Enterprises.Net
>> > On 9/20/2010 1:44 PM, countryatheartok wrote: Well the
>> > table saw I have on the job will not rip the back splines off, it
>> > kind of grabs instead of cutting like it cuts wood, kind of scared me
>> > and help me make up my mind not to use.
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
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>
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>
> --
> "If you give yourself fully to this moment the next moment will turn out
> just right."
>
> - Sequoyah Trueblood
>
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