Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 00:28:25 +0000
From: steve millward <millstev-AT-cwis.isu.edu>
Subject: Re: Paper maché- fiber source


hfitzger-AT-ix.netcom.com wrote:
> 
> Has anyone had experience using cellulose insulation as the fiber
> source for pulp paper maché? I can buy a bag of this for seven dollars
> and have more pulp than I could ever boil up in a week. I am currently
> using newsprint and this product has little pieces of newspaper in it.
> It looks just like what comes out of my canning pot.  Anybody know
> what's in it? How do they make this stuff?

Cellulose insulation is normally nothing more than newspaper that has 
been run through a hammermill and to which a fire retardant chemical has 
been added.  Normally the fire retardants are borax / borate compounds.  
I don't know what effect they would have on the mix or your health.  It 
sounds to me like the red rosin paper is a much better route to go.  

Good luck,
Steve Millward
Breath of Life Marionette Theatre
Pocatello Idaho


  --- Personal replies to: steve millward <millstev-AT-cwis.isu.edu>
  --- List replies to:     puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
  --- Admin commands to:   majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu