Julie Brooks on sat 7 jan 12
Hello All,
Recently some inaccurate information concerning Gerstley Borate and
Cornwall stone was presented as fact in two established ceramic publicati=
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ons.
The facts concerning the current supply of Gerstley Borate, are as foll=
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ows;
The rumors that this product would become unavailable very soon are wholl=
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y
inaccurate. The supply (3000 tons or 6,000,000 pounds as of 6/18/2011) w=
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ill
last for many years, and because it is a stockpile (not a changing source=
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from an active mine) the chemical analysis (available at the support sect=
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ion
http://www.lagunaclay.com/support/ ) will remain quite consistent. This
product has also been tested in the traditional =3DE2=3D80=3D9CFloating Blu=
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the results were excellent. Laguna received a communication from the
publication of intent to print a retraction but we have not seen it
published as of today.=3D20
The facts concerning Cornwall Stone. The chemical analysis of the
replacement product which was recently published in an article and
associated with a product supplied by a single American supplier matches
EXACTLY the chemical analysis of the product Laguna Clay Company receives=
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directly from the English Cornwall supplier. The product has a much mor=
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e
consistent texture (no lumps, horay!) and the substitution has been a
nonevent in 7 months of production R&D, chemical analysis of the prod=3D
uct
supplied by Laguna can be viewed and downloaded at
http://www.lagunaclay.com/msds/dry-rawmaterials.php
No, Laguna has not mentioned the name of either publication. Laguna d=
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oes
not wish to embarrass or promote these publications. The intent of this
release is to provide potters with accurate information which will help t=
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hem
buy affordable, quality products without paying extra just to have a
particular suppliers name on the bag. How did the authors of these artic=
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les
get such incomplete, inaccurate information? Even though Laguna has
suppliers world wide (http://www.lagunaclay.com/distributors/ ) they did =
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not
acquire information or samples for testing from Laguna Clay Company, a ma=
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jor
known supplier of ceramic raw materials.
Thank you,
Julie Brooks, Creative Director
Laguna Clay Company
julie@Lagunaclay.com
http://www.lagunaclay.com=3D20
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