Bill Merrill on thu 27 nov 08
You can buy rice straw bales at a farm store outlet, incense store or
where they pack apples. I purchased a bale in Oregon. I have used the
rice hull ash to coat wads for use in a wood kiln. I have the recipe
that Jeff Shapiro gave me years ago. The wadding material uses
basically, equal parts of saw dust, crushed oyster shells and flour with
a little fire clay. The rice hulls can be burned to an ash and then used
to coat any wadding material. Glue the wads on with elmers glue.=20
Bill
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lee Love
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2008 6:50 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: burning rice hulls for ash
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Dave Pike wrote:
> with rice straw you want to keep on dousing it with water. Has anyone
> made rice hull ash?
You can just burn it in a pile. It won't burn as fast as straw, but
just smolders. Great smell.
The farmers in Mashiko would sometimes put a stovepipe into the
middle of the husk hill that helped air get into the burning to help
it burn better.
It is more refractory than rice straw ash. ALmost all silica.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
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"Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
"People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
Dave Pike on thu 27 nov 08
Hello,
I have 45 very large bags of organic rice hulls that I want to make into
ash. I have all the fire brick to make a place to burn it. My question
is if it is OK to just throw it into a fire brick enclosure and throw a
match on top. Are there some special tricks I should know about? I know
with rice straw you want to keep on dousing it with water. Has anyone
made rice hull ash?
Thank you,
Dave
http://togeii.wordpress.com/
Lee Love on thu 27 nov 08
On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Dave Pike wrote:
> with rice straw you want to keep on dousing it with water. Has anyone
> made rice hull ash?
You can just burn it in a pile. It won't burn as fast as straw, but
just smolders. Great smell.
The farmers in Mashiko would sometimes put a stovepipe into the
middle of the husk hill that helped air get into the burning to help
it burn better.
It is more refractory than rice straw ash. ALmost all silica.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://togeika.multiply.com/journal
"Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
"People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
Mike on fri 28 nov 08
Dave,
Go to your local home center where you are. This season, they'll
probably be selling the perforated stovepipe (they are around here)
people use for burning the hulls in a pile. I'll bet if you ask the home
center dude, he'll be able to tell you the procedure for doing it too.
I don't know the procedure, sorry, but I've seen it done around here and
I never see them dousing with water, just letting it smoulder, and it
doesn't seem to turn white.
Good luck,
Mike
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Lee Love ????????:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Dave Pike wrote:
>
>
>> with rice straw you want to keep on dousing it with water. Has anyone
>> made rice hull ash?
>>
>
> You can just burn it in a pile. It won't burn as fast as straw, but
> just smolders. Great smell.
>
> The farmers in Mashiko would sometimes put a stovepipe into the
> middle of the husk hill that helped air get into the burning to help
> it burn better.
>
> It is more refractory than rice straw ash. ALmost all silica.
>
> --
> Lee Love in Minneapolis
> http://togeika.multiply.com/journal
>
> "Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
> program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
>
> "People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
> are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
>
>
Dave Pike on fri 28 nov 08
Lee Love wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Dave Pike wrote:
>
>
>> with rice straw you want to keep on dousing it with water. Has anyone
>> made rice hull ash?
>>
>
> You can just burn it in a pile. It won't burn as fast as straw, but
> just smolders. Great smell.
>
> The farmers in Mashiko would sometimes put a stovepipe into the
> middle of the husk hill that helped air get into the burning to help
> it burn better.
>
> It is more refractory than rice straw ash. ALmost all silica.
>
> --
> Lee Love in Minneapolis
> http://togeika.multiply.com/journal
>
> "Myth is cultural DNA, the software, the unconscious information, the
> program that governs the way we see 'reality.'" --Sam Keen
>
> "People that deny their myth and think they only act 'rationally',
> are simply living an unconscious life." -- Clay Mudman
>
>
>
Thanks Lee,
My dog will be happy to get the bags out of his enclosure.
Dave
http:togeii.wordpress.com
DRB Seattle on sat 29 nov 08
Dave
Your question (Is it OK to just throw it into a fire brick enclosure and th=
row a match on top?) seems like the answer.=A0 With 45 bags why not try it?=
=20
In spite of the truism "The simpler the better." I'd be drawn to light it f=
rom the bottom- leaving a firemouth at the bottom of a cylinder of brick, M=
ake a big wad of newspaper just indside the fire mouth, pour in the hulls, =
and light the paper.=A0 Maybe have a garbage can lide to go on top.=A0 I do=
n't know about the water but the main problem is getting a fast fire going =
that carries the ash off into the sky so the water could be a fire control =
strategy...
DRB
Seattle=0A=0A=0A
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