Stephani Stephenson on fri 10 dec 10
Thanks for the tip ,Mel.
I noticed several of the local brick and block places here carry a variet=
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of fire brick. not rated, mind you, at least not that they know of,witho=
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tracking down more info.
Some of it is white, some of it has a light pale iron blush.. Out of
curiosity, someday I'd like to find out what it is,where it comes from an=
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what heat it can actually take.
I think they sell these mostly for pizza ovens and fireplaces.
Curious to know if and how potters have utilized these bricksin and aroun=
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the kiln. seems like they would be fine for low fire or as a backup cours=
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They run from $.80 -$1.25 by the piece around here..and that's out in the=
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Vince Pitelka on sat 11 dec 10
Stephani Stephenson wrote:
I noticed several of the local brick and block places here carry a variety
of fire brick. not rated, mind you, at least not that they know of, withou=
t
tracking down more info. Some of it is white, some of it has a light pale
iron blush.
Stephani -
You can always buy a few of those questionable hardbrick, run them through
some high firings and see what happens. When I built my very first gas kil=
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in 1975, I was on a tight budget. A friend sold me recycled arch bricks,
but I still needed brick for the floor and walls. Square Deal Building
Supply in Crescent City, California had firebrick (yellow fireplace
firebrick) for 10 cents apiece, so that's what I used. They held up fine
for about six years until I built a big IFB car kiln, and then I used them
for much of the outside layer of the walls.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
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