permaculture

[John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net>]

Aloha,

This was also started up some years ago on Hawai'i Island.  The material 
is approved as an additive to concrete mix, up to 1/7 of total aggregate 
for slabs etc. if I recall correctly.

Some have also used it loose, as path/driveway cover etc.
One home has spread it all over their front 'yard' area.  It is very 
sparkly and IMO strange/unnatural looking.

Main problem as loose fill/cover has been that it tracks in terribly. 
That is, it clings to/sticks to soles of all kine shoes/slippers and the 
smaller bits especially get tracked in everywhere your shod feet go - 
car, garage, porch, house if you wear shoes in (most don't in Hawai'i), 
etc..
It tracks in worse than cinder in the opinion of some, and cinder tracks 
in pretty bad...

I was going to use it over cinder in my garage floor (for the 
light-adding properties among other things) until I heard about the 
tracking-in problem, luckily before I brought any to my place.

John S.


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