Comment by MIchael Lambing on November 16, 2011 at 6:52am

Jeff..this is very realisitic!  Love it.  Hey, have you ever heard of a mix called 'custom float?  It's for shower floor bottoms..it's very light.  I've used it playing around with indoor vertical.  I wonder how kurtbag would work with this if a person was wanting very light material.  I'm going to try it.

Michael

Comment by jeff kirt/ kirtbag Carving mix on November 16, 2011 at 7:18am

No michael, never heard of it. I would think you would want a strong solid bottom of a shower, but i dont know. I dont suggest it, but you could, if you absolutely had to have a lightweight mix, put perlite or vermiculite in kirtbag. It greatly reduces the strength, but may lighten it up. Again, unless you are doing a large scale job on a say a second floor of a home, the difference in weight is minimal. Like i said before,if the weight is spread over an entire wall, the load, weight, is spread also. The weight difference between a lightweight mix and my mix is minimal. Please dont get caught up in the word lightweight. Kirtbag has no lightweight aggregate in it and it does just fine inverted and stacked out 4 to 5 inches. It all comes down to what you like. What works best for you.

Comment by MIchael Lambing on November 16, 2011 at 8:30am

thanks jeff..I'm just always interested in lighter more workable materials...not trying to reinvent the wheel tho. 

Michael

 

Comment by jeff kirt/ kirtbag Carving mix on November 16, 2011 at 8:41am

If thats whar your looking for, its in the mail on its way to you. Lol

Comment by jeff kirt/ kirtbag Carving mix on November 22, 2011 at 6:27pm

Michael, did the last box arrive yet

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