This is David and Susan Sifford's journal of what we pray is our sojourn of life (Hebrews 11:8-10) along the narrow way (Matt 7:14), even the old paths (Jeremiah 6:16), submitting to the Bible as a light unto both (Psalms 119:105). It is our prayer that these documented moments in our earthly time benefit whom God might choose to edify, but ultimately that God glorifies Himself through them.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Compressed Paper Bricks - Update I
When I wrote the blog post about making compressed paper bricks, I mentioned that it will be interesting to see how they work.
So, we've tried them, and here is a video of the results!
Nice!
And here's our stack of them:
Thanks again to the Lord for the idea, and His continued provisions, both spiritually and temporily.
I'm just curious if the paper bricks are made from "safe" paper - paper untreated for dyes or other chemicals. I've seen the corn cob bricks used for heat in wood stoves and that made sense (minus that corn can be heavily pesticided). I saw a boiler system using the paper bricks and I thought that was probably good since it wasn't a direct heat source for the living space where I would be breathing. I have asthma. What are your thoughts?
I would think most scrap paper has some form of ink on it. And I believe cardboard containers that have food items in them have chemicals to keep moisture away from the food, and those are probably pretty bad if inhaled, but I really have no idea as to the effect of those things. Still though, for the most part, I don't think we're really breathing the smoke as it goes out the chimney, but that might not be good enough for some folks, and I also don't want to appear to be giving medical advice regarding something like this.
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I'm just curious if the paper bricks are made from "safe" paper - paper untreated for dyes or other chemicals. I've seen the corn cob bricks used for heat in wood stoves and that made sense (minus that corn can be heavily pesticided). I saw a boiler system using the paper bricks and I thought that was probably good since it wasn't a direct heat source for the living space where I would be breathing. I have asthma. What are your thoughts?
Hi Michelle,
I would think most scrap paper has some form of ink on it. And I believe cardboard containers that have food items in them have chemicals to keep moisture away from the food, and those are probably pretty bad if inhaled, but I really have no idea as to the effect of those things. Still though, for the most part, I don't think we're really breathing the smoke as it goes out the chimney, but that might not be good enough for some folks, and I also don't want to appear to be giving medical advice regarding something like this.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
-- David
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