MaryAnn Bowman on mon 28 oct 96
Hello. Anyone out there making porcelain tiles? I have a friend who needs a
few really flat tiles to be used as a backdrop for a freestanding sculpture.
They're being dried between two very flat pieces of plaster but still warp some
and even crack slightly along the edge (1/2 inch dimension). I'd love to hear
any suggestions as this is an exciting but extremely frustrating project. TIA
Mary Ann in Ithaca
Pat Wehrman on mon 28 oct 96
Try using no slip webbing for carpets to texture the backs of the tiles. We
have found this reduces warping dramatically.
Andrew S Lubow on tue 29 oct 96
Try drying the ties between two layers of sheetrock (2 foot square)
stacked no more than six layers high.
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:02:12 EST MaryAnn Bowman
<103442.501@CompuServe.COM> writes:
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>message----------------------------
>Hello. Anyone out there making porcelain tiles? I have a friend who
>needs a
>few really flat tiles to be used as a backdrop for a freestanding
>sculpture.
>They're being dried between two very flat pieces of plaster but still
>warp some
>and even crack slightly along the edge (1/2 inch dimension). I'd love
>to hear
>any suggestions as this is an exciting but extremely frustrating
>project. TIA
>Mary Ann in Ithaca
>
Don Goodrich on wed 30 oct 96
I've been told by someone who makes lots of them that tiles made by molding
from slip will not warp. Seems that going through liquid suspension doesn't
impose the kinds of stresses that the clay "remembers" from other forming
processes. Haven't tried it myself, but it might be worth a try.
Don Goodrich in dark & rainy Zion, Illinois
Kirk Morrison on wed 30 oct 96
On 30 Oct 96 at 7:41, Don Goodrich wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I've been told by someone who makes lots of them that tiles made by molding
> from slip will not warp. Seems that going through liquid suspension doesn't
> impose the kinds of stresses that the clay "remembers" from other forming
> processes. Haven't tried it myself, but it might be worth a try.
> Don Goodrich in dark & rainy Zion, Illinois
>
What slip do they use? I have lower losses and no loss of small tiles
made from slip but my floor size still warp on occassion. I would love
to cut my losses on them.
Kirk Wishing he could go back home to the Mountains of Virginia
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