Cindy Bracker on tue 20 nov 07
Hi Fred,
I'm guessing that big kaolin company you live near is Imerys. We get =20=
6Tile & DB Float from them (also used to get Kaopaque 20, Pioneer & =20
Velvacast from them) I think they are now some part of the KT Clays =20
conglomerate (as in the Ball Clay people). I don't know which owns =20
who, but there seems to be some kind of connection. I would agree =20
that 6Tile and EPK can be used more or less interchangeably, at least =20=
in a glaze. Just thought I'd share the other useless information =20
that I happen to have a preponderance of.
Oh, also I did want to mention when you say "Georgia Kaolin" you =20
might want to be a bit more specific, because if you were talking =20
about Georgia DB Float, I would say it probably wouldn't be =20
interchangeable as it is an airfloated Kaolin.
Cindy
> I live in Georgia -- in fact, about a mile from a big kaolin company.
> Everytime I drive past them I see huge containers of kaolin stacked =20=
> out
> back.
>
> Given that my last bag of EPK is about gone, I was wondering if anyone
> knows if Georgia Kaolin can work in glazes, be used in place of EPK =20=
> etc.
> It would be kinda neat to use some local ingredients if possible.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Fred Parker
Cindy Bracker Sturm
Bracker's Good Earth Clays, Inc.
Celebrating 25 years of helping potters!
888-822-1982 =95 http://www.brackers.com
Clay Ain't Dirt!
Since June 28th, 1982
John Rodgers on wed 21 nov 07
Cindy,
I had a brother in law who was a trucker and he would haul tank truck
loads of Georgia Kaolin to a plant in Detroit where it was used to coat
metals - like bathtubs, refrigerators, stoves, etc. This was before I
got into the pottery game, so I don't know more than that.
Regards,
John Rodgers
Chelsea, AL
Cindy Bracker wrote:
> Hi Fred,
> I'm guessing that big kaolin company you live near is Imerys. We get
> 6Tile & DB Float from them (also used to get Kaopaque 20, Pioneer &
> Velvacast from them) I think they are now some part of the KT Clays
> conglomerate (as in the Ball Clay people). I don't know which owns
> who, but there seems to be some kind of connection. I would agree
> that 6Tile and EPK can be used more or less interchangeably, at least
> in a glaze. Just thought I'd share the other useless information that
> I happen to have a preponderance of.
> Oh, also I did want to mention when you say "Georgia Kaolin" you might
> want to be a bit more specific, because if you were talking about
> Georgia DB Float, I would say it probably wouldn't be interchangeable
> as it is an airfloated Kaolin.
> Cindy
>
>
>> I live in Georgia -- in fact, about a mile from a big kaolin company.
>> Everytime I drive past them I see huge containers of kaolin stacked out
>> back.
>>
>> Given that my last bag of EPK is about gone, I was wondering if anyone
>> knows if Georgia Kaolin can work in glazes, be used in place of EPK etc.
>> It would be kinda neat to use some local ingredients if possible.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Fred Parker
>
> Cindy Bracker Sturm
> Bracker's Good Earth Clays, Inc.
> Celebrating 25 years of helping potters!
> 888-822-1982 * http://www.brackers.com
>
> Clay Ain't Dirt!
> Since June 28th, 1982
>
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