I've had great success using egg carton card for DIY sculptamold. It shreds in a food blender without water cutting out all the faff. Just using the bottom half of the carton that doesn't have a paper label stuck to it, it doesn't take long to collect enough for a few kilos of plaster. And of course it's free household waste. I'd also suggest whatever substrate you use to mix the dry powders together thoroughly before adding water. That way the plaster powder coats and impregnates the cellulose thoroughly so that when it's hydrated it's all one gloopy mass rather than being runny plaster with bits of fibre in it. The bagged wood pulp looks a better option if you have a huge area to cover right now but for a modest project or if you've time to collect cartons ib advance, I'd definitely recommend the egg cartons.
That's a great tip. I need to start collecting some cartons now! I've not tried this pulp in the blender yet, but I think it should break up nicely. It's on my to-do list.
Chaque personne a sa méthode, suivant ses affinités. Personnellement, j'ai arrêté les cartons d'oeufs, je me suis tourné vers la partie inutilisable du papier toilette : le "rond" en carton. Plus facile à déchirer et se déchiquète mieux à sec au blender (bien veiller à porter un masque, les particules de bois sont mauvaises pour les poumons). Il faut dire aussi qu'en ayant mes propres poules, les cartons d'oeufs sont une denrée rare à la maison, par contre, les ronds en carton, avec une grande famille, ce n'est pas ce qui manque pour peu qu'on les place dans une boite prévue à cet effet (et même les enfants qui évitaient de les mettre à la poubelle sont les premiers à les mettre dans la boite "spécial papa"). Pour ma part, les grandes surfaces, c'est 2 bois pour 1 plâtre mais les finitions ou les surfaces obligatoirement bien lisses (routes, traces de pneus ou de chenilles), c'est du 1 pour 1. Each person has his or her own method, according to his or her affinities. Personally, I stopped using egg cartons, I turned to the unusable part of toilet paper: the cardboard "round". Easier to tear and shreds better dry in a blender (be sure to wear a mask, wood particles are bad for the lungs). It must also be said that by having my own chickens, egg cartons are a rare commodity at home, on the other hand, cardboard rounds, with a large family, are not what is missing as long as they are placed in a box provided for this purpose (and even the children who avoided putting them in the trash are the first to put them in the "special dad" box). For my part, large surfaces are 2 wood for 1 plaster but finishes or surfaces that are necessarily smooth (roads, tire or track tracks), it's 1 to 1.
The only problem is that I don't know anybody who reads a newspaper anymore, and they are ridiculously expensive! I'm going to try shredded paper next, I think.
I've had great success using egg carton card for DIY sculptamold. It shreds in a food blender without water cutting out all the faff. Just using the bottom half of the carton that doesn't have a paper label stuck to it, it doesn't take long to collect enough for a few kilos of plaster. And of course it's free household waste.
I'd also suggest whatever substrate you use to mix the dry powders together thoroughly before adding water. That way the plaster powder coats and impregnates the cellulose thoroughly so that when it's hydrated it's all one gloopy mass rather than being runny plaster with bits of fibre in it.
The bagged wood pulp looks a better option if you have a huge area to cover right now but for a modest project or if you've time to collect cartons ib advance, I'd definitely recommend the egg cartons.
That's a great tip. I need to start collecting some cartons now! I've not tried this pulp in the blender yet, but I think it should break up nicely. It's on my to-do list.
Chaque personne a sa méthode, suivant ses affinités.
Personnellement, j'ai arrêté les cartons d'oeufs, je me suis tourné vers la partie inutilisable du papier toilette : le "rond" en carton. Plus facile à déchirer et se déchiquète mieux à sec au blender (bien veiller à porter un masque, les particules de bois sont mauvaises pour les poumons). Il faut dire aussi qu'en ayant mes propres poules, les cartons d'oeufs sont une denrée rare à la maison, par contre, les ronds en carton, avec une grande famille, ce n'est pas ce qui manque pour peu qu'on les place dans une boite prévue à cet effet (et même les enfants qui évitaient de les mettre à la poubelle sont les premiers à les mettre dans la boite "spécial papa"). Pour ma part, les grandes surfaces, c'est 2 bois pour 1 plâtre mais les finitions ou les surfaces obligatoirement bien lisses (routes, traces de pneus ou de chenilles), c'est du 1 pour 1.
Each person has his or her own method, according to his or her affinities.
Personally, I stopped using egg cartons, I turned to the unusable part of toilet paper: the cardboard "round". Easier to tear and shreds better dry in a blender (be sure to wear a mask, wood particles are bad for the lungs). It must also be said that by having my own chickens, egg cartons are a rare commodity at home, on the other hand, cardboard rounds, with a large family, are not what is missing as long as they are placed in a box provided for this purpose (and even the children who avoided putting them in the trash are the first to put them in the "special dad" box). For my part, large surfaces are 2 wood for 1 plaster but finishes or surfaces that are necessarily smooth (roads, tire or track tracks), it's 1 to 1.
News paper and plaster of paris
The only problem is that I don't know anybody who reads a newspaper anymore, and they are ridiculously expensive! I'm going to try shredded paper next, I think.