Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Re: [papercreters] question about cement



I have not done any papercrete yet but I grew up doing lots of stuff with clay.
If you use clay instead of Portland Cement your papercrete will not be as water proof.
Unless you fire the clay it will soften up when it gets wet.
Why take the risk?
Pay for the cement.
Alan

--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Garth & Kim Travis <gartht@windstream.net> wrote:

From: Garth & Kim Travis <gartht@windstream.net>
Subject: Re: [papercreters] question about cement
To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 10:05 AM

Greetings,
The recipe I got from Mike McCain years ago, that I love is 50/50 paper
to clay by weight.

Bright Blessings,
Garth & Kim Travis
www.TheRoseColoredForest.com
Bedias, Texas
936-395-0110

On 5/4/2011 8:25 AM, JUDITH WILLIAMS wrote:
> Use the clay. It may take longer to set up but will be fine. As to
> amounts I would say experiment. I'm sure others in the group will have
> more specific amounts for you. I used clay a long time ago and liked the
> results but I don' remember how much I put in.
>
> "There are none happy in the world but being who enjoy freely a vast
> horizon." Damodora
>
> Follow progress on the new project at http://www.papercretebyjudith.com/blog
>
> More papercrete info at http://squidoo.com/papercretebyjudith
>
>
>
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> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> From: heerkitty@yahoo.com
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 17:20:33 +0000
> Subject: [papercreters] question about cement
>
> if you use lime do you need cement in the papercrete mix? what would i
> use if i didnt want to you store bought cement? , i live in alabama so
> red clay is abuntant, i was think of using , paperslurry ,sand, and lime?
>
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