ALL ABOUT PAPERCRETE BOOK & CD Guide
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Papercrete is an amazing, simple material gaining acceptance over the last decade by alternative builders, and even code officials across the US. It's amost free to build with (you buy Portland cement by the bag), there are MANY versions, and some do not include the cement, creating a "paper adobe" safe to handle with bare hands. This material is easy to sculpt with, make blocks, use as a mortar, a plaster for walls, as floors, as wall insulation, as roofing insulation, for arches, privacy walls, garden walls, patio floors, used for animal shelters, for dog houses, and children's playhouses too. Start with a small sculpting project , or insulate your pet's outdoor shelter, maybe insulated the garage walls. Papercrete can be stunning or a horrible mess...it all depends on the detail and attention you pay. When used as insulation no one will see it. As adobe blocks they can look like stacked stone, or if crooked and ill-placed, a plaster coat can make the wall as smooth as you want. Your creativity is unlimited.
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ABOUT PAPERCRETE -BOOKLET & CD RESOURCE GUIDE #1030
$24.00
This
booklet explores the first invention and building homes of
"papercrete" paperadobe, and fibercrete in the US. PLUS
a new Resource CD Guide with
thousands of pages of files, reports, booklets, articles,
inventions, photos of anything "papercrete'. Everything in
one place on this CD to read and research for your own ideas.
Interviews
with the original inventors, information no longer available on the
old videos. Eric Patterson, Sean Sands, and the creative Mike
McCain who is building and inventing today in Mexico.
Plus
MANY formulas which use other materials beside the basic three:
cement-paper-sandy dirt. You can create cement-free mixes to
make cast blocks ( dried in the sun like adobes), plasters,
mortars and wet infill for placement in formworks, or
between standard wood stud framing.
I
developed several ways to make and mix various version of papercrete,
including mixing in an old wringer washer from the 1950s. You
don't need to build a pricey DIY blender-grinder,
or even a tow mixer, there are tools available, and methods to
simplify mixing the ingredients.
A
full chapter on mechanical Mixers, and what to avoid, is
included. Plus photos of failed domes, expert advice from builders,
photos of projects by creative builders, and a lot more. 70+
pages, in color, spiral bound, hard cover, on quality paper.
-Signed by the author
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Shipping for the USA is less than International. I cannot ship
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JUST the PAPERCRETE CD GUIDE #1032 COST $13.00 If you are interested in JUST the resources on the CD, you can order it by itself. More than 3,000 pages including, news reports, articles, reports by others experimenting with versions of papercrete, art and sculpture images, photos of homes, walls, sheds, furniture, compost beds, and other building projects using some form of papercrete. This CD is a "waterfall" of information to kick start your ideas, and answer questions, avoid mistakes of others, plus mixer ideas . Photos: Inventor Mike McCain adding cement to a metal stock tank mixer- and tamping canvas filled sacks to make bricks. USA VERSION TOTAL WITH SHIPPING = $17.00 INTERNATIONAL VERSION- SAME CD - higher ship cost total= $22.
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Mike McCain uses an old van powered and attached to the mixing tank to chop and mix papercrete.
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to all countries, sorry. I DO combine items ordered and reduce your shipping cost. I refund excess shipping by PayPal back to you.
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Paper adobe- Papercrete -Fibercrete Recipe
By VOLUME: Mix * 12 parts chopped/shredded paper (or aged sawdust or newspaper cellulose insulation, rice husks) * 4-6 parts soft clay and * 2-3 parts lime putty. (Type S or N soaked overnight in clean water) Use coffee can/bucket for volume measurement.
Fiber/paper can be pre-wetted, MIX all in a pail with paint stem /paddle blade mixer attached to hand drill. Mix for several minutes To use: wear gloves and plaster onto walls, shape into bricks/pottery, etc. Water will evaporate, shrinkage of 10-30% can occur
For STABILIZED mix add Cement 5-20% or 5-40% Asphalt Emulsion (AE) to mix. When dry it will not degrade in water easily. SEE Rub-R-Slate lessons & Nuway Building Book I have used this mix as a base plaster on my studio walls, as a cast block, and for sculpting.
SEE also: www.livinginpaper.com
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