Re: [SG] Hypertufa
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- Subject: Re: [SG] Hypertufa
- From: C* P*
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:05:23 EDT
In a message dated 7/19/99 10:39:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, HoroRL@aol.com
writes:
<< I have the recipe for the hypertufa. What I don't have is a place to
purchase the polyethylene mesh. I live south of Boston MA, and I have tried
the Home Depot type stores to the small stores. They haven't a clue to what
I'm talking about. Any ideas on where to locate this material? >>
Rich,
I think you are looking for poly fibers which are mixed in the orginal
peat-cement mixture. When the trough is cured the excess is burned off with
a propane torch.
They can be purchased in our part of the country at the local ready-mix
plant. A very large masonry supply house (probably a contractor's supply)
might have this product. The fibers are mixed into various concrete mixes
right at the ready-mix plants. If you are not successful write again and I
will see what is left here.
You must persevere, the cement plants may consider us a nuisance. Drive up
and ask on the spot, a telephone call might not do it. A plastic bag of the
fibers is quite a small item, about the size of the newspaper. The cost
varies greatly, one bag lasts you the rest of your life.
Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
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