Timothy Young on thu 30 jan 97
I have a 20+ year old Marathon/Brent fiber car kiln. I picked it up used
about 3 years ago - in great condition. The fiber has some hair-line cracks
and is begining to sag slightly from the roof. The hair-line cracks appear
also in the walls. Is there a good cement that works well on fiber? Can an
ordinary kiln cement be used, or is that going to be too havy to be suppored
by the upper (intact) fiber layers? Is there a good resource somewhere on
this subject?
David Woodin Set Clayart digest on fri 31 jan 97
You should look into ITC products the phone # is 904-285-0200. I have used
it on fibre with great results, if the material is sagging, you will have to
use high temp. wire to refasten it.
Marcia Selsor on fri 31 jan 97
Dear Tim,
Bray Patch from the Archie Bray Fdtn. is a great fiber cement. It is
expensive in tiny jars at $7.00 each, but you don't need much to repair
sags. The phone# is 1-800-443-6434. Talk to Chip.
Marcia in Montana
Timothy Young wrote:
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have a 20+ year old Marathon/Brent fiber car kiln. I picked it up used
> about 3 years ago - in great condition. The fiber has some hair-line cracks
> and is begining to sag slightly from the roof. The hair-line cracks appear
> also in the walls. Is there a good cement that works well on fiber? Can an
> ordinary kiln cement be used, or is that going to be too havy to be suppored
> by the upper (intact) fiber layers? Is there a good resource somewhere on
> this subject?
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Marcia Selsor
http://www.imt.net/~mjbmls/
mjbmls@imt.net
sam wainford on fri 31 jan 97
Timothy Young wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I have a 20+ year old Marathon/Brent fiber car kiln. I picked it up used
> about 3 years ago - in great condition. The fiber has some hair-line cracks
> and is begining to sag slightly from the roof. The hair-line cracks appear
> also in the walls. Is there a good cement that works well on fiber? Can an
> ordinary kiln cement be used, or is that going to be too havy to be suppored
> by the upper (intact) fiber layers? Is there a good resource somewhere on
> this subject?
Both A P Green and Thermal Ceramics(Augusta GA) sell a variety of
products designed for fiber. Ask to speak to an engineer or salesman to
get info on which particular product you need.
I have a fiber raku kiln which I built about 10 years ago in which I
used water glass (sodium silicate) to adhere the fiber blanket to steel,
and to itself. Some pharmacies stock this stuff as well as ceramic
suppliers.
Sam
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