Making a homemade drywall mud
So, the scerio is a total lack of funds, but having the following materials aplenty: multiple bottles of gorilla original wood glue and gorilla ultimate wood glue; lots of broken drywall, some of which I've already removed the paper from and processed from chunks into quite a satisfyingly drywall mud-like state, but when dried(as expected) is very very weak and crumbles at almost the slightest touch. There are easily found glue to drywall mud/powder mix ratios, but that's all for stuff that is already a product able to cure/dry out hard and durable on its own and the glue is just an additive that enhances it's properties. This is different, as the glue will be creating said properties (of hardness, strength, and durablility) which the reproccesed, reconstituted, and repurposed broken drywall muck is currently totally lacking in, and therefore requires a different, and obviously, increased parts glue amount to drywall dust muck, to turn it into a sutiable drywall mud. T I understand that this stepping into an unknown and rather experimental quantitive, and I don't expect for an outright scientifically solid & tested formula ratio for this... What I'm seeking for and hoping to gain is enough of an array of educated guesses that I can compile which will give me a good enough basis upon which and where to start with experimentivly, in the hopes of realizing/having some or any suitably usable results. And, perhaps, for someone else in a similar situational pinch as Im currently blessed to being bestowed with, any findings this may result in that I post may potentially someday benefit them too. With the way things are going, more of us are only getting broker, and usable makeshiftings become of greater relevancy to more people. I know it's not a postapacolyptic post-industrial landscape in which things are no longer produced/available, but the landscape is certainly one of increasing hardships and scarcity, and decreasing affordability, thats starting to make things like this more viable, reasonably worthwhile, and sensible. for example, just look at the price of eggs(an absolute staple for SOOOO many things) shelf price is over $26 for a 60 pack in my area, effectively $30 with tax. 50 cents an egg, at bulk pricing...and with the world moving away from the US dollar, it's barely started and will continually fluxuate getting way worse, with much more than just eggs. I'm doing this out of necessity, and not because of being cheap nor penny pinching, nor stubbornness. I asked a similar question on a different sub, in which i made some mention about trying out recycling broken drywall into a usable mud, and a very specific mention about extremely limited funds(now it's no funds), and almost all responses were along the lines of ridicule, "toss out your science experiment, just go to the local supply store and go buy what you need". Well, so, let's get those suppositions on a workable glue parts to dustified drywall part ratio poppin, shall we?!
So, the scerio is a total lack of funds, but having the following materials aplenty: multiple bottles of gorilla original wood glue and gorilla ultimate wood glue; lots of broken drywall, some of which I've already removed the paper from and processed from chunks into quite a satisfyingly drywall mud-like state, but when dried(as expected) is very very weak and crumbles at almost the slightest touch. There are easily found glue to drywall mud/powder mix ratios, but that's all for stuff that is already a product able to cure/dry out hard and durable on its own and the glue is just an additive that enhances it's properties. This is different, as the glue will be creating said properties (of hardness, strength, and durablility) which the reproccesed, reconstituted, and repurposed broken drywall muck is currently totally lacking in, and therefore requires a different, and obviously, increased parts glue amount to drywall dust muck, to turn it into a sutiable drywall mud.
T I understand that this stepping into an unknown and rather experimental quantitive, and I don't expect for an outright scientifically solid & tested formula ratio for this... What I'm seeking for and hoping to gain is enough of an array of educated guesses that I can compile which will give me a good enough basis upon which and where to start with experimentivly, in the hopes of realizing/having some or any suitably usable results. And, perhaps, for someone else in a similar situational pinch as Im currently blessed to being bestowed with, any findings this may result in that I post may potentially someday benefit them too.
With the way things are going, more of us are only getting broker, and usable makeshiftings become of greater relevancy to more people. I know it's not a postapacolyptic post-industrial landscape in which things are no longer produced/available, but the landscape is certainly one of increasing hardships and scarcity, and decreasing affordability, thats starting to make things like this more viable, reasonably worthwhile, and sensible. for example, just look at the price of eggs(an absolute staple for SOOOO many things) shelf price is over $26 for a 60 pack in my area, effectively $30 with tax. 50 cents an egg, at bulk pricing...and with the world moving away from the US dollar, it's barely started and will continually fluxuate getting way worse, with much more than just eggs.
I'm doing this out of necessity, and not because of being cheap nor penny pinching, nor stubbornness. I asked a similar question on a different sub, in which i made some mention about trying out recycling broken drywall into a usable mud, and a very specific mention about extremely limited funds(now it's no funds), and almost all responses were along the lines of ridicule, "toss out your science experiment, just go to the local supply store and go buy what you need".
Well, so, let's get those suppositions on a workable glue parts to dustified drywall part ratio poppin, shall we?!