If you look at the Google SketchUp Model Repository there are hexayurt
models there - see
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=hexayurt&styp=m&btnG=Search
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On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Cody Firestone <4x4c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> google sketch up
>
> follow the tutorial and then
google sketch up
follow the tutorial and then just use it.
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Dave Cherry wrote:
> Google Sketchup
> http://sketchup.google.com/
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:02 PM, ken winston caine <
> k...@mindbodyspiritjournal.com> wrote:
>
>> Breaking this request out from an
Google Sketchup
http://sketchup.google.com/
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:02 PM, ken winston caine <
k...@mindbodyspiritjournal.com> wrote:
> Breaking this request out from an earlier post.
>
> Have noticed some clever members here have been modeling hexayurt designs
> using free online CAD-like progr
KK, I just looked at the listing you posted for Henry's white elastomeric
coating and it does say 5 gallons in the listing.
Am certain that just last week I priced that same stuff at the Santa Fe Home
Depot and saw that it now was 4.75 gallons. BICBW.
-- ken
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From:
Breaking this request out from an earlier post.
Have noticed some clever members here have been modeling hexayurt designs
using free online CAD-like programs that appear to do a lot of useful
calculations.
Have never used a CAD type of program, (although I bought one in 1988). I am
a bit Photo
5 gallons is 4.75 gallons in 2011.
I was surprised to find that out. That way with ALL the coatings, not just
the elastomeric white. (Didn't check to see what a 5 gallon paint bucket
holds these days. Need to do that next visit.)
The Henry's white elastomeric coating doesn't spread very far. I'
Ken, if you are going to encapsulate a building the white foam should
be just fine.
Just make sure the density is what you want.
They grade it just like pink/blue board.
It's all styrene based stuff, just different "toughness".
But HD always carries the worst and cheapest grade on the shelves.
To
I second the suggestion of using acrylics. They tend to adhere to most
poly surfaces. You'll have to experiment.
And... if you go to a crafts store (like Michaels, for a Big Box
example), you can buy "non-toxic" acrylic powders for mix-your-own
paints for around $2 a pound. They mix with water. St
Am probably going to forgo the foam altogether and just build a
conduit hexayurt frame (modified and larger than what we're currently
doing and with a higher pitched roof. Am leaning toward a 24'
diameter, two story or 1-1/2 story high hex shape. 1-1/2 is probably
tall enough to have a decent-sized
Ok, in looking at the outgassing of polystyrene (pink/blue board), I
came across this stuff.
The "outgassing" hazard might not actually exist in the way commonly
stated.
Surfboard makers, signmakers, and aircraft builders have spread a
"myth" of outgassing.
It's actually delamination of their app
I painted the inside of our yurt a few years back with latex paint. This was
on the non-aluminized side of Tuff-R. It hols up fine but gets a little
tacky if you face two painted surfaces toward each other when stacking the
panels. This resulted in some paint pulling off when seperating the panels
Outgassing info on pink/blue foam boards:
http://www.sumidacrossing.org/SumidaCrossing/MaterialSafety.html
"The typical “insulation” foam panels, including Owens-Corning’s pink
Foamular brand, are Extruded Polystyrene (XPS), which is basically gas
bubbles trapped in foamed plastic which has been
I know this is rehashing things...
Dow claims:
http://bit.ly/oQ1bNi
"Do THERMAX™ Polyisocyanurate Insulation or TUFF-R™ Polyisocyanurate
Insulation outgas any toxic materials/gases?
THERMAX™ Polyisocyanurate Insulation and TUFF-R™ Polyisocyanurate
Insulation do not outgas any toxic material over
I'm no paint expert, but I'd guess that if you painted before you hit the
playa and gave the paint plenty of curing time, you'd be fine. Ideally, you
want a low-VOC paint - see
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/march-2009/home-garden/interior-paints/overview/interior-paints-ov.htm
The white board is crumbly, especially the cheap foil coated stuff
that HD sells right now.
It's hateful to work with.
Blue and pink boards do have some of the disadvantages Vinay
mentioned.
But, they are far superior at rejecting moisture. Dow themselves has a
paper on it.
I need to find it again
cool. i should have been more specific - i want to paint the inside. but if it
held up on the outside, then the inside should be fine. :) just worried about
getting high on fumes. or, sick, actually. high? meh.
Not So Secret http://notsosecret.com
Personal Pontificatio
Some artists painted the outside of my hexayurt with acrylic paint last
year. It held up very well on playa. I don't know what the drying time
was.
From: hexayurt@googlegroups.com [mailto:hexayurt@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Alyssa Royse
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:56 AM
To: hexayur
can the inside of the yurts be painted? I'd like to not look at the labeling on
the inside, but am worried about some things on the playa:
1. how the paint wild adhere - don't want to be snowing paint flakes
2. off-gassing - what kind of paint would be totally safe and how much drying
time does
Some materials will bond with foam, others will not. I heard that
traditional stucco will not bond with foam and requires mesh to adhere to.
Other materials can be sprayed on and stick well, making a permanent shell.
Consider a 100-year hexayurt, or 500-year.
On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 2:36 AM, ken
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