look up a thread from jloppnow. Just put papercrete or papertufa in the search window. I also use it and really like it. Its not as strong as hypertufa from what I understand. If you live in cold climates. Nevertheless to me the lighter weight of the mix, makes it all worth it. I make all my pots from papertufa. It looks the same as see below
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I have made some large pieces with only fiberglass mesh or chicken wire for support,and they are extremely strong.

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the recipe I use is a 1:2:3:1:1/2 portland cement, sand, paper pulp (cellulose insulation from lowes or HD), joint compound, diatomaceous earth (DE pool filter)

let me know if this helps. Looking forward to seeing what you create.

Tufanewbe, thanks for sharing your knowledge and experiences. I enjoyed seeing your creations, and also those of jloppnow. On your recipe, you use 1 part portland cement, 2 parts sand, 3 parts paper pulp, 1 part joint compound, and 1/2 part diatomaceous earth. Is that right? I noticed you mentioned some cracking in your previous posts. Have you resolved that issue?

you are right about the recipe. Once I added the joint compound and diatomaceous earth to the recipe it stopped cracking. What I consistently kept doing was to attempt to unmold the items before they were ready. The paper in the mix causes it to harden a lot slower than hypertufa. So patience and the above mentioned changes to the mix resolved the cracking problems i was having.

Don't forget to post pictures.

Tufanewbe

Great pictures. How much water do you add to your mix? From the pictures it seems that when you work it, it's almost clay-like.

Tufanewbe, what about the mixing: do you put everything together and then mix, or mix two items and then add an additional one, mix and add another, etc.? Do you put them together in the order you listed them in?

I always foget to mention how much water. I use 2 parts water. I add all of the dry components together all at once except for the paper. I mix for about 5 - 10 minutes then I add the paper. Once everything is mixed ( this part you have to use a mask and goggles) then I add 1 part water. The paper will soak up most of that water but after it has mixed some of the water will be released. then I add the 2nd part of water. I play it by ear to determine if I will use all of the remaining water or not. At this point it is pretty clay like. It is a relatively dry mix. But I understand that also makes for a strong overall cement once the items have cured.

Hopefully, I will be able to use it to make some grots this spring. We will see. Life has been getting in the way of my creative juices lately. If I do I will post pics.