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Mar 20, 2014 7:28 AM CST
Name: Rick
Vancouver Island, Canada (Zone 8a)
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Chris,
I will take a few photo's of them this weekend and post. I am not sure whether I have a preference, but I did find that the Papercrete is alot lighter in color and also in weight. It may be a bit easier to mold with, but then it has been a few year's since I have done hypertufa's.
More of an effortr making the papercrete as you have to shred and soak the paper prior, where with the hypertufa's you just use peat moss.
Going to try it with Federal White Portland Cement instead of the Regular Portland Cement which typically grey.
I used Perlite in the mix this time also which I have never done.
Rick
"Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I received"

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