Marcia Selsor on fri 26 jun 98
Dear Bonnie,
I use a mortar and pestle br grind the zinc brfore I measure it. It eventually
goes thru the screen.
Marcia
Edouard Bastarache wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello Bonnie,
>
> use a ball mill or get the job done by one of your friends.
> Maybe a school,an industry or a college in your area could help you with
> the ball milling.
>
> Later,
>
> Edouard Bastarache
> edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
> http://www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouard/
>
> ----------
> > De : Bonnie Staffel
> > A : Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
> > Objet : Sieving Glazes
> > Date : 24 juin, 1998 16:34
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > June 24, 1998
> >
> > Hi: I tried to add a question to the original message but my typing
> > became garbled and unreadable. Is this a problem with my computer or how
> > I am doing it? So I am using direct e-mail for this subject:
> >
> > Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
> > through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
> > impossible to put through a sieve? I put mine into an old Waring
> > Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
> > cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
> > powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
> > 30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
> > new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
> >
> > Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
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