David Orser on fri 24 apr 98
russel et al
we have this unit for spraying thick goopy ITC
coatings on our kilns. it is called a Marhalltown Texturemate drywall
hopper gun. it has variable orifice sizes from about 1/8 to 1/2 an inch
and will move a lot of material. probably a masonry supply or
plastererwould know where to find one .. or the folks at ITC
good luck
Roger Korn on sat 25 apr 98
This works just fine - much more even than brushing. It comes out FAST,
so you've got to keep things (gun, decorating wheel, whatever) moving.
My next crazy idea is to build a small kiln by spraying 50% paper
fireclay, 50% castable refractory over a wooden barrel sliced in half
lengthwise with flue and door waxed cores, interleaving corrugated
cardboard soaked in kaolin slip, maybe 5 layers for a thickness of ~
3/4" (2cm). Covering with plastic and allowing to dry slowly for a
month, then starting a low fire inside, slowly burning out the barrel
and increasing fire until a kiln results. I'll need to build the thing
on sand to allow contraction, but it might work!
Roger
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