Joe, I agree.

Examples help:

Home Depot

4 Gal. Portable Electric-Powered Air Compressor
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-4-Gal-Portable-Electric-Powered-Air-Compressor-BS1004W/206480997

$79

Air Delivery SCFM 2.7 @ 90PSI

Lubrication Type = Oil Free

Can those that are making AirCrete add some examples of compressors they are using along with Pro's and Con's?

Hajjar recommends and air compressor that can:

http://www.domegaia.com/little-dragon.html
"at least a 2.5 cfm @ 90psi air-compressor"

Here are a couple examples:

California Air Tools MP Ultra Quiet & Oil-Free 1-HP 2-Gallon Aluminum Tank Hot Dog Air Compressor
https://www.aircompressorsdirect.com/California-Air-Tools-CAT-2010ALFC-Air-Compressor/p70260.html

$280

Oil-Free MP100LF Dual Piston Pump System
3 CFM @ 90 PSI; 120 PSI maximum

Weight 35 Pounds

Rolair 1.5-HP 1.5-Gallon Professional Hot Dog Air Compressor
https://www.aircompressorsdirect.com/Rolair-FC1500HBP2-Air-Compressor/p7259.html

$199

Portable & Powerful 95-125 PSI Operating Pressure
•Puts out 3.6 CFM @ 100 PSI; 4.0 CFM @ 90 PSI
•Easy to transport at 39 pounds

@Joel
Hi Joel, sorry about the delay.

If you order these plans:

DIY Little Dragon and Foam Injector Plans
http://www.domegaia.com/store/p29/DIY_Little_Dragon_and_Foam_Injector_Plans.html

They will help you upgrade your drill/mixer to be like the foam injector Hajjar builds and sells!

Plus you will have a backup on how to build your own Little Dragon or repair it as needed. May be good insurance to have being in Chile!

Hope that helps you!

FoamAir

Hi Tim_D,

I found a smaller 47 pound bag of QuiKrete at Ace Hardware for about $10.00

The bag I got shows Type I/II, the website shows Type I
http://www.acehardware.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2041962

Types of Portland cement
http://iti.northwestern.edu/cement/monograph/Monograph3_8.html

There is actually little difference between a Type I and Type II cement, and it is common to see cements meeting both designations labeled as “Type I/II”.

Hope that helps,
FoamAir

Hajjar had answered this yesterday at this thread because a couple people had similar experiences recently:

Package deal for the Little Dragon, Mixer and Bender!
http://forum.domegaia.com/topic/64/package-deal-for-the-little-dragon-mixer-and-bender

Hope that helps,
FoamAir

I did see this about the Foam Injection AirCrete Mixer today.
Maybe it was out of stock when ordered and it did not show that on the package page?

Sure it will get resolved soon. Be good for Hajjar to provide us un update on the situation:

Foam-Injection AirCrete Mixer
http://www.domegaia.com/store/p26/Foam-Injection_AirCrete_Mixer.html

$159.00
"Temporarily out of stock." Expect 2-3 weeks for delivery.
​Makes 43 gallons of AirCrete in a few minutes.
110 - 120 volt - 1600W - variable speed
Ergonomic for optimal comfort

FoamAIr

Mike,

Good thought!

That link above is no longer working.

That looks like the one, may be a good back up if people are in a bind and needing a mixer.

I think if you do a lot of mixing, you will want to use the 2 handed version to prevent user fatigue if mixing up a barrel every 5 minutes!

1600 WATT ELECTRIC HAND MORTAR MIXER CEMENT PAINT CONCRETE UL NEW ZEMM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1600-WATT-ELECTRIC-HAND-MORTAR-MIXER-CEMENT-PAINT-CONCRETE-UL-NEW-ZEMM-/231476460079

You save:
$65.04 (43% off)
Now:
US $84.95

I believe Hajjar will get the backlog figured out and have speedy turnaround for items ordered soon! I did order the plans and could have made the items (minus the bender) myself. I wanted to order the special package from (compensate) Hajjar as a way of saying thank you for all the help he has passed on with this much needed building methodology! This will also allow him to continue to keep going and invent and expand to help even more people. Everybody wins! We are part of and on the ground floor of a building revolution!

FoamAir

Hi Mike,

Being able to make some test blocks using a $2 dollar foaming soap pump/bottle from the grocery store allowed me to move forward in ordering the AirCrete Package Deal without hesitation!

Just got my package ordered!

Hopefully they were just needing to replenish their stock and will be shipping soon!

I think we were wise to get our AirCrete Package Deals ordered before they release the new training videos as I see a lot of people going to place orders after they see the training films and there may be high demand for these items and longer wait times!

FoamAir

Hello Hajjar,

AirCrete was new to me up until a few months ago. Have searched around to get better educated about this building methodology. Struggled with investing in the equipment to make some test blocks. Think others have similar struggles. Have recently moved through that struggle and wanted to share a simple way for anyone to make test blocks too. Am new at making AirCrete blocks but did have an idea for those who do not have the equipment and wanted to get started right away making sample AirCrete blocks and gain confidence in this great technique you have shared with us.

Being able to make blocks on a budget to gain a better understanding of how AirCrete mixes up, looks, feels, durability, strength, playing with different fibers, weight of a block wet, weight of a block dry, floats, etc is easy to do once you look at this step by step PDF instruction guide:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0obq8qQMi2bczE1OHNWa0gxWGs

Easily making these test blocks has really opened up my understanding of the incredible possibilities we can achieve with this building methodology you have shared with us!

There is so much more we can express with this and be of assistance to helping many people around the planet build affordable shelters to live and work in that are LOW COST, ECOLOGICAL, FIREPROOF, WATERPROOF, PEST PROOF, SAFE, ELEGANT & EASE OF CONSTRUCTION as you define here:

http://www.domegaia.com/air-crete.html

Thanks so much to you and your team, the world is now a much better place!

FoamAir

@Mike
I am ready to order and interested as well!