Recycle Cardboard with Glowforge Laser Cut Molds

Recycle Cardboard with Glowforge Laser Cut Molds

I love the idea of reusing something 100%.

Notes

• Incorporate paraffin or even beeswax to make them water resistant

• add cement and fibres to the mix before you mould it to make something really rigid and strong

• The industry trys to keep cutting of fibers kept to a minimum to keep strength and properties in the pulp, so please skip the blender and shredder. Tear big chunks, let it soak and mix it with a paint stirrer or the like.

• Hawaii has a lot "disposable" cutlery, straws, cups and take-out boxes by law now have to be compostable . For straws these had a biological-plastic coating on the inside and cups were made from this. Not sure this is doable for a DIYer. You might want to contact Precious Plastics. They were doing research into creating things like this. I remember they were using potato peels and such to make bowls and plates that you could eat off of. They may have some tips on waterproofing. https://preciousplastic.com/