Building material for forming an architectural surface covering and method for producing the same

Abstract

A building material for use in forming exterior surface coverings. According to a preferred embodiment, the building material consists of the combination of a paper material, bonding agent, and water. The building material can either be formed directly upon a substrate, such as a wall or ceiling, or otherwise formed as a sheet of material or molding that can thereafter be affixed to a given surface or substrate. The building materials can be customized to have a specific type of color, shape and texture, and can further be utilized in a wide variety of building applications.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A building material for forming a three dimensional architectural surface covering formed by a process consisting essentially of the steps:
 a) selecting a first paper material;   b) combining said paper material in step a) exclusively with water to form a first pH-neutral admixture;   c) blending said first admixture produced in step b);   d) straining said blended admixture produced in step c);   e) combining said strained admixture produced in step d) with a bonding agent to form a second admixture, wherein the second admixture will comprise 1-14 parts by weight of the blended admixture produced in step c) and 1.5-3.5 parts by weight of said bonding agent;   f) mixing said second admixture in step e) to form a first mash;   g) repeating steps a) through f) with a second paper material, wherein the second paper material is dissimilar in color to the first paper material, to form a second mash;   h) combining the first mash produced in step f) with the second mash produced in step g) to produce a combined mash;   i) forming said combined mash produced in step h) into said three dimensional sculpture, wherein the three dimensional sculpture is formed upon a substrate selected from the group consisting of plywood, hardboard, and drywall; and   j) drying said combined mash while formed as said three dimensional sculpture.   
     
     
         2 . The building material of  claim 1  wherein in step e), the blended admixture produced in step c) is present in an amount of 14 parts by weight and 2 parts by weight bonding agent. 
     
     
         3 . The building material of  claim 1  wherein in step e) the blended admixture is produced in step c) is present in an amount of 1.0 parts by weight and 1.5 parts by weight bonding agent. 
     
     
         4 . The building material of  claim 1  wherein in step e) the blended admixture is produced in step c) is present in an amount of 7 parts by weight and 3.5 parts by weight bonding agent. 
     
     
         5 . The building material of  claim 1 , wherein more than two mashes are produced and combined to produce a combined mash consisting of at least three mashes, wherein the paper material of each mash is dissimilar from the other mashes.