While I applaud the recycling of used paper for fuel for fires, one should never ... and I mean never ... use such fuel for direct food cooking such as BBQ. Simply filter according to your criteria and you will receive a solution perfectly matched to your industry and application. It does not take long for the paper to soak before it is ready to be pulped. There is no need for the paper to soak for days prior to processing.

Multimate Paper Briquette Press

Why use expensive real wood logs when you can recycle the paper that you would normally throw away or send to the recycling depot. tossed into a burning fire these work great, so far all of my mixtures have not been able to sustain a flame without assistance, they would rather just slowly smoulder if they are left on their own. A batch of 4 Briquettes takes about a ream of paper to make. I want to find a way to make my scrap paper pile go farther by using other combustible material that is easily sourced, and will not cause problems if burned (noxious smell, toxic off gassing, excessive smokiness, etc).Hello I just wanted to say a huge thank you for the briquette maker. I made over 70 briquettes with the 24 hour 'output' from just one of my horses! They're finally dry and burn for hours. I used I00% horse manure. The grass clipping needed quite a bit of extra pulp added the final ratio was closer to a 1.5 to 1 ratio of pulp to filler. After shelling them I ended up with half a sandwich baggie full of peanuts and about 7 cups of peanut shell bits. That means about once a week I end up with an impressive collection of finely diced lawn all over my sidewalk.

Make Briquettes: 14 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow How to Make Briquettes: 14 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow

Grab your power drill and paint mixer. Less than a minute later you have a paper slurry ready to be molded into briquettes.You can burn the finished paper logs as fuel on an open fire or wood-burning stove reducing your carbon footprint whilst saving you money on your heating bills. With WEIMA's hydraulic and mechanical briquetting presses you can compact a variety of organic as well as inorganic materials into highly compressed briquettes in round or square form.