*I will tell you this! Hemp-Crete blocks with over 65% fiber are as bullet proof as the best body armor. I shot a Hemp-crete block made with 65% fine chopped hemp fiber, 25% Portland cement and 10% sand measuring - 12" X 14" X 24" and the punishment it took was AMAZING! I shot the block with both 30-06 and 50 caliber ammo and I could never get a bullet to go through it or even split it after 80 shots to the center mass. It just seemed to get tougher since at same point the new bullets were being stopped by a wall of brass and lead building up in the blocks center mass! AMAZING EFFECT!*
Hello! Finally, I find a channel that isnt stagnant for 12+ years. I have been trying to find anything about papercrete, but all I see is that it only seems to be just for building walls and crafts. I asked another papercrete person about making stepping stones, because I want to add bricks to my sidewalk to extend it economically. I don't know if it will be solid enough or if the bricks will eventually disintegrate from constant contact with the ground. I live in illinois and I am not sure if the cold is too harsh. 🤔 Thank you for being in the now and shedding light on my situation.
Hey Kathleen, the most economical way would be sourcing pavers/stones that are being discarded or given away. Often you can find bricks and similar for free if you start looking. Otherwise, if you are passionate about making this a DIY project on the cheap check out what these folks did: czcams.com/video/lpQf7JujMWo/video.html They also live in a harsh winter location, be sure to watch their follow up videos to learn from their mistakes...Could end up being more work but all the more satisfying right?
I swear to God it's a conspiracy of some sort. The lack of content when it comes to something so simple as even paper mache is ridiculous. I can't even find a video demonstrating a strength test. I just want to make a simple paper mache board for my kids costume and I've gone down this whole entire rabbit hole. Now I've been up all night and I'm scratching my head as to why the only thing I see is misshapen masks when in reality the potential for this is incredible. Even just for me. I was trying to figure out how to make EVA foam harder using these plastic chemicals to coat the already toxic foam, and I realize I could just make a solution of paper glue and water with a much better end product for literally no cost to me. I already have all the stuff. Sorry, I'm ranting.
Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 24" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time
Where does the pumice come from? The only place I know that has pumice is the drugstore that sells it for removing callouses from your heels, I’m in Ontario Canada so I don’t think we have any local sources for volcanic rocks, but I’m curious how it could be sourced and where the rocks originated from and how they were collected in other areas of the continent?
@@MissMeganBeckett there are pumice mines Hess pumice in Malad city ID Global pumice Olancha CA CR minerals in Espanola NM Garibaldi pumice BC Canada Sanford cinder Pahoa Hi
Compressive strength of papercrete is lower than concrete(not by a lot though.). It is more resistant to shear forces. Still an amazing material, and better than traditional concrete in a lot of ways. Wonderful video though, thank you for this.
Wow finally someone like myself. We are building an superadobe home ourselves but I feel alone in the matter since my husband won’t study with me. I wonder if I could use papercrete to do the Adobe on the outside of the bags
Good on you! I was investigating this life almost 40 yrs ago, but let family pressure divert me. Now I live a "normal" life, trying not to give in to regret as I watch videos like this. stick with it! I am wishing you luck and success.
Hearing the end of this makes me think that it might not be a very good solution when it takes way more materials (paper) to build it. Some things may sound environmentally friendly, but in the end just might not be.
We are programmed almost from birth to be beyond productive to increase profits for the shareholder/slavemaster class, so that being said, the level of waste baked into that level of productivity forces you to be incredibly wasteful in every other aspect of life.
Anyone used lime instead of cement ? I'm going to do it in any case as an experiment. I like the idea of monolithic construction, cement is going to be expensive soon(in Ukraine) and of course lime is better for everyone. I've made loads of bricks for burning and a few cement experiments on wire that got me tingling. Regular building materials have skyrocketed in price though still available but for how long meh.
I saw something in the above comments that said that they did an experiment with a hempcrete block and it was completely bulletproof in their experiment even when they used fifty caliber rounds, and hemp is very easy to grow even in colder climates and is good for insulation and the plants from industrial hemp can grow very tall and even taller than people are so you can get even more construction material from each plant along with the food and oil from the seeds that you can sell. I don’t know if regular lime would work for papercrete, you would probably need to use a hydraulic lime product that can set and cure while it’s wet, because regular hydrated lime and quick lime both need to be exposed to air for it to cure properly and with how long they said it takes for thick papercrete walls to dry out you would need for it to be a strongly hydraulic lime or it would take forever to get solid walls. Hempcrete can also be made using lime or hydraulic lime too, but I’ve heard that it isn’t accepted as a structural building material by itself where I live so you would probably need to do a little research to see if it’s acceptable as a structural element in your local building codes or just reinforce the structure with metal and/or wood too in order to meet the building code requirements and just have it for its good insulation and ability to stop most small projectiles.
Portland cement is not good for the environment at all. If you could make it with lime it would be much better but that sure wouldn’t help with drying time.
*I will tell you this! Hemp-Crete blocks with over 65% fiber are as bullet proof as the best body armor. I shot a Hemp-crete block made with 65% fine chopped hemp fiber, 25% Portland cement and 10% sand measuring - 12" X 14" X 24" and the punishment it took was AMAZING! I shot the block with both 30-06 and 50 caliber ammo and I could never get a bullet to go through it or even split it after 80 shots to the center mass. It just seemed to get tougher since at same point the new bullets were being stopped by a wall of brass and lead building up in the blocks center mass! AMAZING EFFECT!*
I am so glad I found this channel!!!
Thanks for sharing, I just found your channel, happy bingeing 😍😘
I love the guy is giving the speaker a massage at 6:00!🤗
Guru can we maybe get a tour of donovans house. I havn't see a 2 story earthship yet :)
Good idea! I will have to ask him!
@@TheOffGridGuru I hope he say yes :)
Hello! Finally, I find a channel that isnt stagnant for 12+ years. I have been trying to find anything about papercrete, but all I see is that it only seems to be just for building walls and crafts.
I asked another papercrete person about making stepping stones, because I want to add bricks to my sidewalk to extend it economically. I don't know if it will be solid enough or if the bricks will eventually disintegrate from constant contact with the ground. I live in illinois and I am not sure if the cold is too harsh. 🤔
Thank you for being in the now and shedding light on my situation.
Hey Kathleen, the most economical way would be sourcing pavers/stones that are being discarded or given away. Often you can find bricks and similar for free if you start looking. Otherwise, if you are passionate about making this a DIY project on the cheap check out what these folks did: czcams.com/video/lpQf7JujMWo/video.html They also live in a harsh winter location, be sure to watch their follow up videos to learn from their mistakes...Could end up being more work but all the more satisfying right?
I swear to God it's a conspiracy of some sort. The lack of content when it comes to something so simple as even paper mache is ridiculous. I can't even find a video demonstrating a strength test. I just want to make a simple paper mache board for my kids costume and I've gone down this whole entire rabbit hole. Now I've been up all night and I'm scratching my head as to why the only thing I see is misshapen masks when in reality the potential for this is incredible. Even just for me. I was trying to figure out how to make EVA foam harder using these plastic chemicals to coat the already toxic foam, and I realize I could just make a solution of paper glue and water with a much better end product for literally no cost to me. I already have all the stuff. Sorry, I'm ranting.
6:04 that back rub made me long for community that you wouldn’t believe. I don’t think humans were meant to be alone the way I am. 🥺
You may be by yourself, but you are not alone.
Can you not move out of your solitude some?
Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 24" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time
Where does the pumice come from? The only place I know that has pumice is the drugstore that sells it for removing callouses from your heels, I’m in Ontario Canada so I don’t think we have any local sources for volcanic rocks, but I’m curious how it could be sourced and where the rocks originated from and how they were collected in other areas of the continent?
@@MissMeganBeckett there are pumice mines
Hess pumice in Malad city ID
Global pumice Olancha CA
CR minerals in Espanola NM
Garibaldi pumice BC Canada
Sanford cinder Pahoa Hi
@@MissMeganBeckett Google all the walls of my house are made of pumicecrete
@@raymondpeters9186 oh that’s cool! Thanks, I will look into those.
@@MissMeganBeckett I've been building pumicecrete homes for 25 years
Let me know if I can help
Good luck and more success
Love ur channel
Great video! I would be curious if you had your own paper source if a simple screw press and diy mold would work for making bricks.
Compressive strength of papercrete is lower than concrete(not by a lot though.). It is more resistant to shear forces. Still an amazing material, and better than traditional concrete in a lot of ways. Wonderful video though, thank you for this.
Wow finally someone like myself. We are building an superadobe home ourselves but I feel alone in the matter since my husband won’t study with me. I wonder if I could use papercrete to do the Adobe on the outside of the bags
Good on you! I was investigating this life almost 40 yrs ago, but let family pressure divert me. Now I live a "normal" life, trying not to give in to regret as I watch videos like this. stick with it! I am wishing you luck and success.
Good, fast and cheap. That's a great rendition of the "modern" human thinking.
To control moisture in paper crete or fiber crete incorporate perlite ?
Nossa realmente magnífico um espetáculo parabéns arrasou que Deus abençoe a todos ❤❤❤❤❤
Hearing the end of this makes me think that it might not be a very good solution when it takes way more materials (paper) to build it. Some things may sound environmentally friendly, but in the end just might not be.
So then a raised garden bed can be made like this. With maybe an inside plastic liner? Adobe bricks, or papercrete ?
Tayo still here baby!
We are programmed almost from birth to be beyond productive to increase profits for the shareholder/slavemaster class, so that being said, the level of waste baked into that level of productivity forces you to be incredibly wasteful in every other aspect of life.
And unhappy and empty ad broken.
serious spirit
Does anyone know the full recipe. What’s the mystery additive? I want to add some thermal mass to my stud cavities.
Papercrete doesn't have much mass .....adobe is way better
Any feedback for research/results in Florida climate??
Anyone used lime instead of cement ? I'm going to do it in any case as an experiment. I like the idea of monolithic construction, cement is going to be expensive soon(in Ukraine) and of course lime is better for everyone. I've made loads of bricks for burning and a few cement experiments on wire that got me tingling. Regular building materials have skyrocketed in price though still available but for how long meh.
I saw something in the above comments that said that they did an experiment with a hempcrete block and it was completely bulletproof in their experiment even when they used fifty caliber rounds, and hemp is very easy to grow even in colder climates and is good for insulation and the plants from industrial hemp can grow very tall and even taller than people are so you can get even more construction material from each plant along with the food and oil from the seeds that you can sell. I don’t know if regular lime would work for papercrete, you would probably need to use a hydraulic lime product that can set and cure while it’s wet, because regular hydrated lime and quick lime both need to be exposed to air for it to cure properly and with how long they said it takes for thick papercrete walls to dry out you would need for it to be a strongly hydraulic lime or it would take forever to get solid walls. Hempcrete can also be made using lime or hydraulic lime too, but I’ve heard that it isn’t accepted as a structural building material by itself where I live so you would probably need to do a little research to see if it’s acceptable as a structural element in your local building codes or just reinforce the structure with metal and/or wood too in order to meet the building code requirements and just have it for its good insulation and ability to stop most small projectiles.
How is it with Fire?
Does it burn easily???
🤔
how does this stuff hold up under a more humid and rainy environment? Will it melt or mold?
The first thing to worry about is how long it will take to dry. Already takes a few months in the hottest climates, per this video.
Concrete can hav a psi of 50,000 psi. No way ur paper is stronger than that. So a brick that size could take hundreds of thousands of lbs at 50k psi
Cool im first
mystery additive ??? you say you are going to tell how to make it, then you leave parts out!!!!
Portland cement is not good for the environment at all. If you could make it with lime it would be much better but that sure wouldn’t help with drying time.