Tena Payne on fri 20 aug 99
David's original post didn't have a subject and many may have
overlooked his important question.
--- David W McDonald wrote:
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> message----------------------------
> "Laguna Clays Bloating at cone 10; anyone else?"
>
> Dear Clayart readers,
> Anyone who is experiencing bloating using
> cone 10 claybodies from
> Laguna Clay Company, please take note. I have lost A
> LOTof work due to
> pieces coming out of the kiln bloated for the past 2
> months. I know 5
> others at this time who have been experiencing the
> same. I would like to
> know if anyone else out there has been getting these
> results, or knows of
> someone who has. Please respond, either through
> Clayart, or to me
> personally, e-mail, phone call, or US mail.
> If it turns out that there are more of us
> than I've already heard
> from, and if there's interest, I'll provide more
> info on this later. For
> now though, I'm concerned to get the word out that
> if you're experiencing
> bloating with Laguna cone 10 clays, you're not
> alone. I first brought
> this up on clayart on June 14th, 1999.
>
> David McDonald Tel. 520-778-7854
> e-mail:
> claydog@juno.com
> Limberlost Pottery
> 721 First Street
> Prescott, AZ 86301
>
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Eileen Streeter on mon 23 aug 99
just discussed this with my cousin... uses laguna ^10... and having the
same problem.. says to try a higher temp in bisque... might help to
release the gases before glaze firing... good luck...
eileens
Tamara Reid-McConkey on tue 24 aug 99
Yes, I have had problems with the consistency of Laguna cone 10 body.
Consistency in that I order the same body everytime, but once in a while I
get a batch with significantly higher sand content. The first time this
happened, I thought I was just being a "baby." The sand was tearing up my
hands while throwing. I thought it was just due to the fact that I'd laid
off clay for a few months and it was going to take some time to toughen up my
hands again.
Later on, a friend of mine who is constantly "borrowing" clay from me asked
why I had switched bodies. Of course, I hadn't and that's when I made the
discovery.
I'm a little leary about continuing to use Laguna because since then I've had
it happen a couple more times. I know they say that you can send it back for
replacement if you find something wrong, but at 1000 lbs, shipping around the
country can get pretty expensive.
I've let them know (once) about this situation. I can only hope they try for
better consistency. Maybe if all of us that have had problems let them know,
they will. I must say that for throwing, it is the best body I've used, so
to that end I would like to continue using it. But, like you said, the
losses can be huge and there is a point at which it's no longer worth the
bother.
Good Luck and keep us posted!
Tamara
Phyllis E. Tilton on wed 25 aug 99
Hello: I use B mix 5 at home for most of my work . Here I have an electric
kiln. At the Center, I have access to a gas kiln and use the ^ 10 BMix. There
has been no bloating at all. One constant with BMix is that it must be dried
slowly. I have had cracking, particularly with hand built and slab work, but
that was my fault because I was pushing it to get a load done for an order. I
am not a good wedger--particularly with recycled clay. I just never seem to
get all the air bubbles out. In too big a hurry to get on with the making
process, I guess. I liken the wedging process to ironing. In a cartoon.
Dennis, the menace, once defined his mother's ironing as: It's what you do if
wrinkles make you nervous.
Phyllis Tilton
Daisypet@aol.com
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