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sulphur in clay

updated fri 20 jan 12

 

mel jacobson on thu 19 jan 12


john, i had the problem years back.
the clay that our school was buying was mined
right next to a coal vein.

to me it smelled like an old coal stove
and the kiln room was blue smoke.

i called the company and they `hm,,no, no
ahhhh, what?`

it was coal. heavy sulphur burning in my kiln.

never bought that clay again.
it was an eastern company. they fixed the
problem.

my take is:
totally change the basic clay.
it is the only solution in my mind.
others may have another take.

it has to be coal in the clay.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html