How to destroy documents without a paper shredder. Embassy recommended.
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Say good bye to your documents! DO NOT BUY A SHREDDER! Eventually will break out and you will have to buy another shredder. No good. Planned obsolescence!
Every diplomat need to see this video: EMBASSY UNDER ATTACK! NEED TO DESTROY DOCUMENTS FAST! SLOW SHREDDER? SAVE YOUR COUNTRY... WATCH THIS VIDEO. The janitor may know where the bleach is. No drill and paint turbine? No problem... use a broom stick!
Trust me! Your confetti machine will break in no time and you will have to buy another one again. Here a simple method to destroy sensitive paper documents. No matter how many you have, make pulp out of them. Yes! Make a vat of puree out of your most sensitive documentation. This will be safer than long strips that can be reattached with scotch tape like a puzzle. This method requires little effort it can be done faster than a shredder and will render all documents completely pulverized to every cellulose strand.
Destroy your unwanted paper documents the easy way without fire, scissors or shredders. Protect your identity, do not let crooks steal vital information.. Are you ready to destroy 10 years of receipts in boxes? Super old medical records? It's your responsibility to protect your bank account, your identity, your privacy. Shredders... always jamming if you add more than 7 pages together...
I have purchased over the years over 6 shredders... high end stuff at office supply stores, paying more than $350 dollars each, plus the super expensive shredder oil that require the blades to be maintain. This were not cheap shredders but cross cut paper devices.Time and time again the shredder blades jammed destroying itself. Every year was another $350 bucks! Extended warranty? forget it, it always expires 3 days later. The last shredder I have purchased was brand new and defective from factory! talking about QC (Quality Control) I think I got a refurbished one and paid for "A" stock merchandise.
The office Supply store will not take it back so here I am fuming, at a loss of 350$ bucks and now I have to wait 3 weeks to send back the machine to the manufacturer for a replacement. This 3 weeks gave me the time to chill out and find a way to destroy paper documents in other ways but a noise shredder.Finally I experimented different ways to destroy documents and sensitive papers like, unsolicited credit card applications, junk mail, old tax records, bank statements, very old bills, expired medical records and even ex girlfriends love letters. I experimented with fire and a Mexican patio "chimenea" and it was dangerous. Fire creates tons of ashes, some paper smell bad when in flames. My neighbors deserve flower smells not credit card application papers that stinks and produce toxic smoke and green flames. Papers when burned can create the potential for an accidental spark to go the wrong way and then you will be destroying more than a bunch of sensitive documents.DO NOT BURN YOUR DOCUMENTATION. YOU MAY START AN ACCIDENTAL FIRE. Have try ripping lots of paper with my bare hands or cutting them with scissors... it toked for ever and it did deliver a good amount of blisters in my sore hands... I experimented different ways to destroy documents with water but after a while decomposed paper smell bad. I have tried the old paper mache formula with vinegar, salt and water with poor results too. Finally I found the perfect ratio of regular bleach with water. It was a great solution to my unwanted documentation problems. With the aid of my old electrical drill and a paint turbine mixer from a hardware store I was able to destroy very easily any paper document. The paint mixer attachment cost less than 10 bucks! And the best part was I could destroy a big batch of documents, papers, and any type of cellulose thing! Even a bulky phone book! You know... time is valuable, when you shred documents with a chop chop machine after 25 shreddings it overheats and quits working. Yes! you do not know when that creepy red light will lit and it's over now you have to wait 45 minutes for the blades to cool down so your flow of work gets interrupted. Then oil the machine and drips everywhere.
See my video and learn the easy way how to eliminate old documents to the point of absolute total obliteration. "Don't shred, Just blend"
Always remember, read precautions on handling bleach from your bottle label. Unless you understand that water and electricity NEVER MIX you should not use this method.
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The bleach has ruined my shirt and blinded my cousin. Now, I will have to get a paper shredder.
You should always wear a wedding dress for this document obliteration process and wear safety goggles with a snorkel. Now you need to dish $350 shredder hoping will last a year.
lmfao
Oh tripjet999.... 😆
You should probably stay inside....2020 oh wait
I found a great way just leave mail in water for about two days and then get a cheap handmixer. the handmixer shreds it up fast
People who don't have scissors and you suggest they use a drill?
+Don Wolfberg Well, if you can afford a pair of scissors you definitely don't have sensitive documentation and in case you do, the blending method it's easier than getting two wood sticks trying to make fire. This video really is for people who did have 3 shredders that broke and got tired of buying the next one.My next video will probably be: How to Destroy Sensitive Documents with a Thermonuclear Device. Love you comment!Thank you for posting.
Instead of using the drill, you can just let it sit there in the bucket for about two weeks. You get the same result, just not as quickly. That's what I do.
Well thought!
Doubt: does it Work with Paper+Shit from a Toilette?
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Note to viewers: THIS VIDEO IS ABOUT DESTROYING SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS, NOT HOW TO MAKE PAPER MACHE OR COMPOST OR SAVE THE WORLD. OLD TAX RECORDS WITH YOUR SECURITY NUMBERS? OLD CREDIT CARDS STATEMENTS? BANKING PAPERS? OBLITERATED THEM. SKIP THE BLEACH IF YOU WANT! THIS IS COMPLETED TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF SENSITIVE DOCUMENTATION.
fantastic!
worked like a dream and no more worrying about shredded paper in the bin.
Thank you
You welcome. We aim to please. Merry Christmas.
Thank you for saving me hours of shredding, this worked like a charm.
Vaya con Dios amigo! Thank you for your positive comment.
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I have been using a shredder, and it's tedious when you have a big pile of it. I wondered if just soaking in water would work, and then bleach came to mind. This is great! Thanks for sharing! Fires are a danger in our area, so I didn't want to chance that either...not to mention the toxic fumes. Good job on the video!
What bleach do? Fade the ink better or what?
Started doing this when I finally cleaned out the storage room. Yikes!! Crap from the early 00's I had no use for.
I used a 10 gallon bucket with a lid, healthy squirt of dish soap , hot water, and threw away the bulk, let it set for 24 hours. Swirled it around with a wooden spoon....just as good as a drill beater. I added recent junk mail, a few more documents I found, kept adding hot water and dish soap....maybe some bleach and a detergent pod to boot. Oh, it's pulp alright.
I left it there soaking for about a week and when I opened it one morning.....peeew!
Like a rank smell of mildew and pee.....dumped that gray mashed potato looking mess into a double bagged trash bag, and out it went.
It's worth it. Saves time, saves electric, and saves your shredder for those stupid plastic coated advertisements and fake credit cards with your name embossed on them.
Did you use bleach?
Thanks. Now, how do I disposed of the wet paper mush? Another video?
Middy Mizzle Hi Middy, you can read plenty of comments below on what to do with the mush. But you can basically:
A) Drain the liquid juice with a big spaghetti colander and dispose the damp pulp on the trash or recycle bin.
B) You can reuse the liquid juice for another batch of documents. Water and Bleach can last you about 4 batches.
C) You can fill holes in your back yard
D) You can use the paste to create art as paper mache.
E) You can compact the pulp and create bio-mass bricks for winter. Make sure you take out any plastics.
F) You can create paper or cardboard by using a mosquito screen from a window. Place a thing coat of wet pulp and let it dry for few days under the sun.
G) You can mix paper pulp with cement and make lightweight papercrete.
Check more comments below, many visitors provided great ideas. What is yours?
cool. thanks
+COCOVIRAL H) You can make briquettes (solid fuel for stoves), also.
Middy Mizzle flush it down the toidy; keep flushing until it's all gone!
Middy Mizzle I was wondering the Same lol
if you use a paddle type mixer...REVERSE the paddle and it will draw the mix DOWN instead of slinging in up and out...no clothing destruction. just advice from an old drywall man.
THANK YOU! Best comment out of hundreds! You just got the " 2016 GOLDEN COMMENT AWARD"
is there any money that goes with that? LOL...just passing along a bit of wisdom. It works great in reverse. oh...thanks for the award!!!
Sorry, no money but think you are a very special person out of 126,000 + people who saw this video. You are unique!
As a Wall Street Broker I appreciate this, thanks
Great! Glad you can destroy unwanted documents easily. Buy Ford stock, looks like is gonna' go up a little bit more. (f) STOCK BROKERS USE THIS SYSTEM TOO! Wake up Wall Street!
Is this how you get rid of money laundering evidence?
Fuck you
MaQuGo119 I'm sorry that was rude but you get the point.
Dig a hole in the back yard. Dump the whole sheets of paper, or rip in half or 4ths. Add water. Cover with soil to bury it. Fast and easy. Could plant a bush or tree or flowers on top of the paper. Unless there's frost or snow on the ground.
I did have a drill in my garage... Did have a paint turbine from my last painting job...Cheap bleach cost less than $2,50 per gallon and you still can destroy the documents with water only. Unless you are in the Sahara or Kalahari desert were water is expensive, still cheaper and effective than a 350$ cross cut shredder. I have purchased 5 shredders in the last 7 years... Not any more. If shredders would last longer this video would not existed.
Daniel: This is a very good and useful video; especially in these times where the emphasis is on security regarding shredding/disposing of sensitive documents. It is also just a crux for the shredding companies to accrue more profits along with selling their machines at a higher price for special effects. You have saved much for many. Obviously, one needs to do this in the back yard where there is fresh air, otherwise, the aroma of the bleach may be too pungent. Bleach rapidly discolors clothing -- so beware. One should attire with rags (ragged clothing as jeans and sandals, etc.) upon doing this experiment or chore. Bid you all of the best. This is feasible for the individual in the home/yard, but impractical for an office environment as the employees would just abuse the time and themselves.
Bleach'em... Pulp'em... Dispose or recycle... move on with your life, safer and below a shredder cost.
I have done this and it works like a charm with buckets of papers
@@KI-kc7rs but what do you with mess? pour it into a garbage bag and then throw it out?
This smelled terrible, was a lot slower in 24 hours to soften the paper, and the mush was quite a bit tricker to deal with than expected. Wear clothes that you're ready to ruin. Work in areas where the splashes (Oh yes, there will be splashes) can't cause you lasting grief. The laundry room, for instance, is not a wise choice.
Sorry it did not worked for you. Try it with HOT water next and no bleach and less documents per batch.
This is a simple and effective idea. Thanks for posting. You just saved me the cost of (yet another) shredder!
I’m only watching this because my shredder stopped jammed and stopped working. It was a really nice 16 page shredder too. What a shame.
Do not shred sensitive documents! Just Pulp'em!
Your answers to comments had me dying 😂😂😂. I like this idea will try. I have a shredder but I have tons of docs to get rid of plus my docs got wet (long story lol).
Looks like your old documents need another bath, maybe "the" final centrifuge dance. Thank you for being so kind. Your comment is 10 times more powerful than the negative ones.
Your video itself is informative and hilarious... But the comments and your responses to the comments are priceless. I am literally in tears from laughing so hard. Thank you for the best laugh of the day!! I'm off to make some goop!
+Holly White - Medal of honor for HOLLY WHITE - And remember you do not need to use the bleach unless your are an embassy employee under space alien attack! Thank you for your positive comment.
With the aftermath.... Add raisins, cinnamon, brown sugar and VIOLA!!! Delicious Oatmeal!!!
Add aspertame and MSG with a pinch of radioactive Uranium 325 for best flavors!
Don't do this kids...
i have boxes of papers and i think a electric cement mixer will work nice
If you have one... USE IT, mix it with something and you may be able to do insulated bricks.
just roll it up and smoke it
save on cigs
People could also drink it like a smoothie, digest the cellulose and poop tissue paper creating the perfect recycling system.
Use my idea because i have tried it and it works since I have bucket full of documents. Use a pillowcase with a zipper. First tear the papers in half or more by hand then then pack them in the pillowcase, use 2 if necessary. Put half a scoop of detergent. Put it in the washing machine and run for 20 minutes. Half way through open the lid and move the pillowcase around to break the pulp. After the spin is done and water has been drained you will be left with a damp paper pulp. Take it out of the pillowcase and break it apart. Most of the ink will have disapreared and if you try to take papers apart they will just break and make thing unreadable. Results are better than a paper shredder and it takes less time.
Interesting video. I always assumed every Embassy has at least one good fireplace. :-P
...or a bathtub with 25 gallons of bleach and a broom stick!
OK, THIS ABSOLUTELY WORKS. It turns documents into oatmeal. Here's my story. I had 25 pounds of documents, cancelled checks, you name it. 25 pounds is about as much as you can stuff to overflowing one of those two handled cardboard document boxes. I used just hot water and let them sit in a big plastic tub overnight. I went to Home Depot and paid $12 for a cement mixing agitator , NOT the two winged joint compound mixer. I beat the files up. Shoveled some mush off, added water, repeat. FUN FACTS...25 pounds of mush documents fills up TEN - 5 gallon buckets. From there I emptied them into plastic bag lined trash barrels. I used three. Now....what to do with 50 gallons of mush.
Excellent! Glad I was able to help with the concept. Now 2 things you can do with the mush. 1 strain it some how like spaghetti with a big collander and recycle the pulp into: celullose bricks to put on fire or use pulp for arts and crafts. 2 dispose after squashing most water into recycle bin or straight to the trash. Same way you would if it was shredded paper. Thank you for your comment!
+Daniel Postan ....Thanks, it's going to be a long process whatever I do. I had called around to shredding companies and, high costs aside, I asked if I could bring the box in and witness it being shredded. They all said no. I would have to empty it into a large secure bin and it would be shredded later. I wasn't comfortable with that. You can't read oatmeal :-)
My dogs sometimes dig holes and I fill them with pulp + a coat of soil on top.
Cool. But uh... next time ill just light it with my zippo and place it on a campfire pile
I did not read all the comments here so this might be redundant. I discovered that adding vinegar to bleach makes it MANY times more powerful (FUME WARNING!!) For instance if you put some bleach solution on a stain and it looks like it is not coming out anytime soon, a little bit of vinger sprayed on the bleached spot will likely have it disappear instantly! So I am thinking that since print on a paper is really a stain too then CAREFULLY adding vinegar to the mix IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA and with a suitable mask and gloves eye protection (THAT with or without vinegar !) ought to increase the efficiency many times.
joyteachem I wouldn't even try mixing anything with bleach except water.
I have been trying to get rid of decades of documents that I carried from state to state and have tried shredding which will take decades with all the paper stuff I kept. I decided to do a fire pit and let the kids enjoy smores except these papers don't burn easily at all and the smoke was too toxic to breath in let alone roast marshmallows. I'm going to try this and will let you know how it turns out. (fingers crossed)
Glad you are not burning the papers because with statements and stuff you will also burn the cellophane contained on window envelopes and other glues UV coatings and other nasty stuff. This system does not require Bleach. The bleach is only used if you want to accelerate the process. Just use plain water, but wait couple of days for the cellulose fibers to get soft... then blend. Read below many comments on what to do with the pulp if you want to recycle. if not strain the water and out to the trash. Nobody will be able to put together your documents again.
Thank you! Go try to put the ex-documents together again... This is beyond shredding destruction! Complete OBLITERATION!
Strain the liquid that can be re- use for the next batch of documents. Dispose the damp paste to the trash, recycle bin, use for paper mache crafts and other creative projects. The pulp is inert. The bleach will dissipate. If you are concern with the bleach use water only... Will take longer to dissolve and with time it may stink.
Thanks, I love this solution. I plan to do it without bleach (don't like the smell) and just let it take longer.
+Wendy Easton Time is in your side! Using water only is the Diet method.
This is brilliant. I have an absolute ton of paperwork (20 years worth) to get rid of and it's taking forever to sit and shred 3 pages at a time and my other half doesn't want me setting fires in the garden. Will definitely be doing this. Thank you. Hopefully you just saved me a bunch of time.
+pegggy4b I don't know if I saved you time, but! I do assure you have saved you from buying 3 shredders at 300$ each! Thanks for your support! Will continue producing more videos. As a token of my appreciation come see this one at my MORPH channel: ua-cam.com/video/PAQOX9xU3mE/v-deo.html
@@danpoleonhow on earth do you dispose of all of that
I'm going to line a 20 gal bin with a heavy duty trash bag and then make the paper diarrhea inside of that. Once it's done, I'll put some drain holes at the bottom, leave it out in the sun to dry out then toss it. Our trash collectors like to rummage through the bins before dumping them so this is the method I will try. Burning it sucks and shredding is inconvenient if you have a lot of documents.
YES! You are da' pulp man! Go for it and then press the stuff, let it dry and do something with it.
Cool, much easier than putting it in a shredder!!!
... it obliterates documents uber strong!
What to do with the sludge:
I did not find it that difficult to deal with the resulting sludge. It's all about patience. Not much work, mostly just a lot of waiting.
BTW: You can do the process in the video without using bleach, but you need to let the paper soak in water longer. Some claim it starts to smell bad. I soaked about 3 days and didn't notice any odor.
After first using a broom handle and then the turbine to shred the paper (I mixed once, waited another day, then did some more mixing), I then used a large thick vinyl sheet, the kind used to protect your carpets when painting, about 9 x 12 feet. I carefully dumped the pulp onto this sheet, letting the water flow away. Then I spread the pulp uniformly around the sheet, and let it dry in the sun. This took about 10 or 20 minutes to do. The rest is mostly waiting.
At night I pulled the sheet into my garage. In the day I pulled it out again, redistributed the paper some so the wet material would come to the top, and then let it bake in the sun. I probably spent about 10-20 minutes total interacting with the paper over the next four days.
On the fourth day, I swept the dry paper fragments up and placed them in the paper recycle bin. It kind of looked like a big bin of popcorn.
If I had done this in the winter, I'd have tried doing all the drying by running a dehumidifier inside my closed garage. But that's only a theory, I can't personally verify that would work well.
Thank you for your comment Tim!
Use a large sieve or colander and put a weight on top of it to force the water out faster. It doesn't need to be kind direct sun. It just needs to be warmed by the sun (or another heat source) to dry out.
I think this is a very creative idea, but I can't help but to be concerned about the effect the bleach would have on the environment if it gets into the water system. But I saw the other alternatives bellow.
Bleach is used in papermaking and in doing laundry so it's already in the environment
+tom cauley Tom's da' man!
i say skip the bleach
You can tell that you obviously don't care about the environment.. Who gives af if it's already in the enviroment. We don't need more.
acskateNiblets Hey genius. What do you think is used to purify your drinking water and kill the bacteria that can kill you? It chlorine bleach and other chemicals. Trust me. I make a living treating drinking water, effluent, and working with papermaking chemicals to make recycled, YES.GREEN paper. You are an idiot and know nothing. I hope the chlorine in your swimming pool doesn’t kill you. Or your bathtub, hot tub or next glass of water.
This is definitely far easier than a paper shredder
Daniel, thanks for your video. I also admire your responses to the commenters! Keep up the good work.
Thanks Boss! My audience is my boss! You own me!
Ditto...what the heck do you do with the mess that is left?
I think the water alone will soften the paper up for "mashing". Saves money too. I realise you may be trying to bleach the ink. But if it's all mashed up, even if ink remains, it's unreadable.
Because it's still paper, the whole lot can be used in the garden, as mulch. The earthworms will continue eating. For decoration, put the paper mash below, and top up with nicer-looking wood chips.
one i saw the bleach i realized all it took was one sip
Thanks, but then you have a big heavy toxic mess to get rid of.
I really enjoyed the video. For the record, I have a giant cross-shredder but this looks like way more fun. But even more than the video - I have enjoyed your humor in the replies, Daniel. Way to shake off the haters. Please make more videos.
My suggestion for the waste would be to build a giant replica of a flat-topped mountain where aliens will land and where we can play music for them.
BTW, to all you people screaming about the environment... where do you think the bleach goes that you put in your washing machine? The bleach fairy takes it away, right?
Thanks for your positive comment! Will make more videos... better... stronger... funnier!
Thanks for the comment Gringo X! You wanted more action with my videos? Here's one more: ua-cam.com/video/FZ1HbOHPFOc/v-deo.html
GRINGO X
Bwaaaaaaahahahahaha! The Bleach Fairy! I LOVE IT!
@@redpilllogic7465 I was just going to say that. LOLOL!
Awesome idea! Can't wait to try it.
DO IT!
This is alot of work and cleanup. Wish someone could find a reasonable paper shredder alternative :(
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Thank you so much! I usually go camping and do the campfire method but don't have time to go camping. I do have time to do a Home Depot trip! Thanks so much!
+motosporttouring Go for the cheapest PAINT TURBINE about 9$ bucks! Blend and destroy.
The bleach will dissipate after a while especially if you leave the top of the container open. I follow this exact method that Daniel has posted and it works very well. I generally let the documents set in bleach and water for a week and then blend it. Drain the water and let the trash man take it away.
I was wondering what to do with the leftover.
I see a number of people asking how to dispose of the remaining sludge. I'm going to try this method but slightly different. Here's my plan: Take a bucket and line it with a cloth bag. Put papers in, soak them, destroy them with drill, put bucket near washing machine, remove and seal bag, spin dry, remove dried docs, dispose. Thoughts?
I can smell the bleach right through my phone. GAG!!!
Hi -- how do you dispose of the remains? Thanks!!
same question
Excellent ideas great video thank you you're right about shredders and planned obsolescence and by the way you have great manners you really know how to handle unappreciative people with class
+Dee Dee TV Thank you Dee Dee. A bad comment is better than none. At least I know have created a reaction.
Luckily 80% of viewers like this video and 20% hates it!
i put documents in a sink full of water over night till mushy, i've got two indoor cats, which equals litter boxes. put some used litter in an empty milk carton or plastic bag, top with shredded parer. give it a nice shake, if the creeps are willing to piece together those leftovers, more power to 'em.
Meow mix fantastic!
¡Estupendo video, Daniel Postan!
can also add more water and colour dye and tell your friends that this is a drink with "oreo biscuits..."
This is absolutely the best comment in 2014! You have just won the Blue Blending ribbon award!
I LIKE THE IDEA BUT DONT HAVE A DRILL!!
+Lavander Kiss You can use a broomstick. Ask Harry Potter, he may lend you one! If you use a stick do not use bleach, hot water will do too.
It doesn't seem like my usage of things go along easily, the noise things make gets others to just keep on yelling at me for having a noisy shredder. True that the shredder breaks and then I end up discarding it, leaving all those documents.
You can always use this method on Sunday. This way, noise will not bother co-workers unless you work at church. In that case blend documents only when an ambulance or a police car passes with the siren on.
The shredded paper from paper shredder works as a very good packing agent to pack breakable items.
we are a courier company and we never threw away the shredded papers rather stuffed them as packing materials and billed them to customers.
This waste will be even harder to dispose and may block drains or contaminate soil.
I am going to try this and dump the strained sludge into a no longer used kiddie wading pool to dry in the sun.
The bleach is not necessary; it just makes it go faster and gives you a uniform color. Hot water works just fine.
You can quickly drain most of the water off by taking another 5 gallon bucket and drilling a lot of 2mm holes in the bottom and making a frame to hold it from falling into the large bucket. Once you've got that set up, put the drilled out bucket in a tub or work sink on a couple of pieces of wood or two bricks. This allows the water to easily drain off. Leave it there to get most of the moisture out (do something else for 30 minutes -- it won't actually take that long). Then take the much lighter bucket and put on the big bucket where it can finish draining. For best results, put a disk of wood, plastic, or metal (it should fit down to the bottom of the bucket) on top and put weight on it to press the water out.
When you're done, you can let it dry out further and then you have a paper brick you can burn in your fire pit.
Great continuation from this destruction process. Creating one more useful product out of the total absolute obliteration of ultra sensitive documents. Golden Medal to Tango Tulsa.
Hahaha I love this video. This is genius, thanks!
2017 Golden Medal Award for best comment!
After you use the drill dispose of the soggy paper into the toilet and then call a plumber I think the going rate is 150 an hour?
Even easier: Fill a bucket with water, toss in the papers (the top ones will push down the bottom ones so they'll all be saturated), wait an hour, pour out inky water, let sit overnight. Next day toss the dried paper brick into the trash.
ooh it sounds like a real caper song. that is what a caper sounds like.
Smooooooooooooooooooooooth Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeending Brouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuund!
I did this and it was awful. The paper stayed intact and would not break down and I even let it sit in the bleach and water for WEEKS. I used the drill and big paddle but still it would not break down. It was a huge MESS.
Interesting, but I'll stick to a crosscut shredder and a burn bag.
Glad you saw my video. You can always use this idea if you have way too much for your shredder.
For non embassy etc it is far better to just let water do it's work slowly ...boiling water helps a lot I found! It invovles some elbow work getting it all into pulp but it is kinda of fun in a sick way...I thought anyway lol. After it was pulp I spead it out to let it all sun dry over a couple days... then I put it in bags and used it in the barrel I put dog droppings in as a sort of kitty litter to keep it from stinking, if that is nothing you are interested in, consider adding it slowly into a compost bin with yard and food waste (NOT meat OR pet poop if your pets are meat eaters! BTW compost can be toxic to pets and they LOVE to get into it and snack so keep it secured so they can't!!
I swear this is how they recycle paper...
Kind of like how we recycle paper in a paper mill
+tom cauley Pretty much and you can recycle the mush into all kind of objects like paper mache!
I'm not entirely sure the bleach is necessary
It can also be done without the toxic bleach
Crystal Kamits YES! Make sure you use hot water to speed up the process. You only use bleach if you want to recycle the juice for a next batch. The water will start to stink after 3 days... If you do one batch you do not need bleach. With water and bleach I was able to do up to 4 batches.
Your post makes a lot of sense, especially if you have a lot of documents to dispose. Also a lot more compact than shredded docs. Good post. Thanks
Thank you for your comment Douglas! It's great to see sensitive documents like bank accounts extracts, social security numbers, ex-girlfriend letters and credit cards statements blend into a clam chowder! Will it blend? Yes it will!
How to make a delicious paper shake 100% natural and healthy
Great 🎥!
Can't help but feel a paper shredder would have been easier :')
Depending on how many years of tax documents you need to destroy.
I have 5 years of cc receipts from a coffee shop I used to own, 30-40 receipts per day, everyday. Each day is stapled together with the batch receipt (has full CC numbers on it) and the z-out from the drawer. It took me over an hour to get through 2 months in my shredder which is a pretty good shredder (takes 10 full sheets of paper at once). Even with all the staples removed, it still took very long to feed it all through the shredder and then the shredder started getting pretty hot. Also there is only so much you can put through the shredder at once, so If you don't have someone else handing you more paper, you are constantly reaching down to grab more and it goes a lot slower than you would think. I will definitely use this method for the rest of it, the whole 5 years in one small trash can overnight! No need to worry about the staples either!
Also, those 2 months of receipts filled the shredder twice, which filled 2/3 of a 13gl trash bag. So 1 more month fills that bag, so I would need to fill 20 trash bags with shredded material for all 5 years!
And then how do you get rid of that muck???
I would simply burn them rather than getting all the equipment and this process
I gave this a try and booyah, I have a bucket of mush. Sorry Office-Max no new shredder for me. btw, Does the bleach accelerate the decomposition or just make it smell fresh? Would you consider hydrogen peroxide,baking soda or enzymes as accelerants (by them selves)? I was just thinking of finding an additive to speed up the process. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you Steve for the positive comment. I have not tested Hydrogen Peroxide nor a hydrogen bomb. I only tested Laundry detergent with poor results, then tried softener and again poor results. Went with bleach and it did the job! I needed to destroy sensitive documents on regular basis. Breaking shredders every 18 months was costing us... so we needed an effective system that was fast. If you use water only, in order to soften the paper you will need about 3 days. If you do one batch only is not a problem but when you recycle the water juices to do a second batch it will stink. The bleach does 2 things. It will accelerate the decomposition of cellulose and prevent smell. You can start a first batch and continue adding paper documents to the mix, after a week you can make the big blend and bye bye documents. With Bleach and water you can add papers day after day... Another way to do it is: Do your first batch and then strain it with a spaghetti colander. Then reuse the juice for the next batch.The bleach will continue strong for up to about 4 batches, then it will dissipate. This way a bottle of bleach can last a long time obliterating a lot of sensitive documentations. Every embassy should watch this video, specially under attack!
As for the pulp there are several things you can do. A: Biomass bricks for winter. B: Paper mache for creative projects C: Filler for holes in the back yard. D: Dispose pulp in your recycle bin or dispose as you would shredded paper from a shredder. E: if you have cats, strain pulp let it dry and make kitty litter after dry. If you test Peroxide or other common household let us know your results. Thanks and happy blending of social security numbers and bank statements.
Next video would be, how to make this pulp into paper again.
If u put in hot water for a few hours its the same the water needs to be boiling hot and when it is cooled you just get gloves scrunch paper together does same thing no one has a drill like this
What do you do with the resulting pulp?
Awesome video. I have to destroy about 90 lbs of documents from my late mothers financials and I will have paper pulp for blow on papercrete for a rock water fall we need to build. Super dooper!!! Thanks!!. Hey I wonder if a little bit of Ridex bacterial septic treatment would break down the cellulose bonds for smaller pulp. Just a thought.
Thank you for your comment. Sorry I am not a chemist... just a practical man. I say, test the paper-crete formula somehow in a small scale and see. use a hair dryer to accelerate the drying process and let us know if the paste was successful. Explore resins mixed with papers, that may be key...Best wishes from Texas. Home of practical solutions to reasonable people.
Then what? How do you dispose of that mess?
Where do you dispose of the rice pudding afterward tho
why not use vinegar instead of bleach? so much more natural and less caustic.
I never tried vinegar, may be a good idea if the smell is not too strong. Thank you for posting and sharing!
Pick the letters up dump in hot water it disolves ink goes soft and throw it away in two 2 hours
- *Do this Outside* to allow fresh air to keep the heavy BLEACH Aroma safe/comfortable to breathe
- *Wear OLD Clothes and Shoes* while mixing, and throwing away because Bleach will Stain and RUIN nice clothing
- *WEAR SAFETY GLASSES* in case any piece of Metal or Unknown object flies at you while mixing
Well, I tried it. And it works. Paper into pulp. If anyone wants to know what NOT to while trying this technique. Happy to enlighten you...
I don't know how much paper you normally pulp in one batch, but I might have tried to do too much. Or I'm a lightweight. I found it be quick, but labor intensive. I saw that you use a colander to strain liquid, and I used that too. Required many colander "batches" to remove all the pulp from the garbage bin and the water was very slow to drain. I was having to press and squeeze small amounts at a time. Is that how you do it? I kept thinking there had to be a better way than what I was doing.. I was scooping out of the pulp bin into the colander (sitting on top of another bucket to drain) and then I would have to 'work' the pulp to remove the water. I then just dumped the strained pulp into a garble bag to take to recycling bin outside later. It was heavy.
I have 5-6x times that amount of old paperwork I have been storing to dispose of...lots of straining to happen.... I wish the straining process could be easier and quicker. I wish I had done this outside (yes, mistake #1) I actually looked around the garage for anything that would work as a giant strainer for the whole bin to strain. Like mesh screen... but didn't come up with anything yet.
Sorry so long! let me know if you have any suggestions
Well... this is what I do... after a nice blending I have another tall bucket like the one on the video. I have found a rectangular metalic spagetti strainer that fits on top of the bucket nicely. I just scoop pulp with water and pulp and place it on the strainer until full. Then I leave and an go make another video about farting lizards. After a while the pulp will be down and damp. You can now dump the pulp to trash, recycle bin or use it to create biomass, paper mache items or fill holes in your yard. I go back to the bucket with pulp and repeat the process. It may take me 3 or 4 times to do this since is not an industrial set up. I do this twice a month more or less.The liquid juice can be recycled if with bleach about 4 batches. If water alone, it will start to stink.
Please let me remind the audience if you use a shredder you still have to dispose the paper too. It may weight less but this system is cheaper in the long run and you can destroy more documents faster without destroying an expensive shredder.
Look for big strainers that can fit over a bucket and try it!
And... about the farting lizard it´s true here´s the video I did: ua-cam.com/video/uI6ur-eK1Tk/v-deo.html
Daniel Postan Hi, thanks for the reply. As I mentioned, I had lots to destroy and have kept going. I did finally find a method that was easier for me - I found a short rectangular bin that is grated and I had another bin that the grated bin fit across the top of. I was able to dump the whole five gallon bucket into the grated bin and wait. When I got impatient, I went ahead and help the draining along with a bit of squeezing (once I'm past this massive amount I have to do, I will wait for it do drain on its own). I started running 3 buckets at time.
Today, I got really ambitious - I still had/have a lot to do... so I took a tall mesh laundry bag, placed it in a 50 gallon trash can, put tons of paper in it, poured all the 5 gallon buckets of bleach water into the can, and I'm waiting on it now. I have a flat style paint mixer that doesn't catch on the mesh. I'm hoping I will just be able to pull the bag out of the can and let it drain.... fingers crossed.
Happy pulping! Thanks for the information.
Kristen, did the mesh bag system work?
At times, when I shred papers, sometimes the shredder gets too noisy and others around me get disturbed by it, they holler after all about the noisy shredder.
I may have to create new video on how to install a "blimp" for noisy shredders. It will consist of a wooden box padded with thick foam that will absorb the 100Db level of noise produced by the shredder's engine. For every problem there's a solution.
What if you don't have 24 hours? I syhere a way to just make all the ink slurr and become unreadable?
I know this is a very old posting, but it don't work for all mail, the plastic, the labels stuck to plastic bags and taped over the bags and other things, so, it is useless
A bit of lye or hydrocholric acid heated to near boiling for 12 hours leaves the pulp cleaner for burning.
Digesting the papercan purify the lignin strands and you can extract clean lignin from the broth.
I don't have 24 hours to waste with a drill on wet paper
When and how to drain water w/o blocking/pollute or wait for long time ?
i have done stuff like this but it becomes a bix mess
It's quiet smiple and least laboring method for piles and piles of paper.
Precisely! An you can strain the dump and recycle the juice for up to 4 to 5 batches! Dispose the pulp as you would with a shredder documents!
A GALLON of concentrated bleach?
WTF? Why?
That gallon bottle should be good for like 100-200 gallons of "shredding"
Also, you can use "regular" acids like vinegar to simply break down the paper into pulp.
It's probably worth trying with lemon juice or spirit vinegar instead of bleach.
Just use normal rain water.
Leave it for a week, dig a hole in a field and bury it.
Acts as a mulch
100% Environment friendly
It may take more than a year to de-compost. If you have many pages may take longer. I remind you that papers and money bills have been recovered from the Titanic in readable condition.
Where do you dispose of the end product? I didn't see an answer
+Danielle Crawford Hi Danielle, There are several options. Please read the many comments below. You will find many ideas from paper mache to biomass bricks, filling holes in the back yard and so on. What would you do with your shredded paper? There's the answer too, dump it in the trash or recycle bin (after strain all the water)...