This could be a mixtrue of concrete, water & cellulose fibre with borax.
We use sellulose fibre here in Oz for roof insulation. What it is is
basically paper that has gont through a hammer mill and borax has been added.
You can actually take a handful of the stuff and apply a butane blowtorch to
it and it won't burn your hand!
Don
Jerry W. Decker wrote:
> Hi Folks!
>
> Tonite, a group of us went to the movies...one fellow (Paul) talked about
> an old lady who invented something called 'Geo Bond'....he said it was a
> material made from concrete, water and undisclosed other materials. This
> material can be molded or shaped into any form. He also said the lady
> refused to patent it, preferring to keep its formulation proprietary.
>
> When exposed to a cutting torch, he said you could place your finger
> within a half inch of the torch point and feel no heat. The material was
> totally fireproof.
>
> A test was made of two small toolshed type buildings, one construced of
> wood, the other of GeoBond....wood was piled near the buildings,
> saturated with kerosene and set afire.....within a short period, the wood
> shed was completely burned down, the GeoBond building had only soot
> marks, no damage.
>
> The idea being this would make homes not just fire resistant but
> completely fireproof....from what I heard, the components of the material
> are not toxic so this GeoBond could be a great safety material.
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