David Hendley on thu 6 apr 00
I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
They have lots of it in their warehouse.
John Williams, the owner of Trinity, is a real friend of
potters, and he has not raised the price of Gerstley to
take advantage of the increased demand since it was
announced that production will cease. It's still $27.50
for a 50# bag, 2 for $50. To discourage hoarding, they
have set a limit of 200 pounds per customer.
Trinity Ceramic Supply
9016 Diplomacy Row
Dallas, TX 75247
214-631-0540
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
Chris Schafale on sat 8 apr 00
David,
Thanks for the alert. Our local suppliers here in NC, I'm told, are
doling it out 10 lbs at a time, if they have it at all. I just spoke to a
friend last night who had finally found some in the midwest
somewhere, and happily paid $48 for 50 lbs.
Chris
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
> week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
> They have lots of it in their warehouse.
> John Williams, the owner of Trinity, is a real friend of
> potters, and he has not raised the price of Gerstley to
> take advantage of the increased demand since it was
> announced that production will cease. It's still $27.50
> for a 50# bag, 2 for $50. To discourage hoarding, they
> have set a limit of 200 pounds per customer.
> Trinity Ceramic Supply
> 9016 Diplomacy Row
> Dallas, TX 75247
> 214-631-0540
>
> --
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
> hendley@tyler.net
> http://www.farmpots.com/
>
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, NC
candle@intrex.net
http://www.lightonecandle.com
Susan Davy on sun 9 apr 00
Continental Clay Co in Minneapolis has a huge supply and the price has
stayed the same as before the announced end of Gerstley..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU]On Behalf
> Of Chris Schafale
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 5:10 PM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Re: still plenty of Gerstley borate
>
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
> David,
>
> Thanks for the alert. Our local suppliers here in NC, I'm told, are
> doling it out 10 lbs at a time, if they have it at all. I just spoke to a
> friend last night who had finally found some in the midwest
> somewhere, and happily paid $48 for 50 lbs.
>
> Chris
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
> > week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
> > They have lots of it in their warehouse.
> > John Williams, the owner of Trinity, is a real friend of
> > potters, and he has not raised the price of Gerstley to
> > take advantage of the increased demand since it was
> > announced that production will cease. It's still $27.50
> > for a 50# bag, 2 for $50. To discourage hoarding, they
> > have set a limit of 200 pounds per customer.
> > Trinity Ceramic Supply
> > 9016 Diplomacy Row
> > Dallas, TX 75247
> > 214-631-0540
> >
> > --
> > David Hendley
> > Maydelle, Texas
> > hendley@tyler.net
> > http://www.farmpots.com/
> >
>
>
> Light One Candle Pottery
> Fuquay-Varina, NC
> candle@intrex.net
> http://www.lightonecandle.com
>
Lee Love on mon 10 apr 00
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Davy
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Continental Clay Co in Minneapolis has a huge supply and the price has
> stayed the same as before the announced end of Gerstley..
>
Colemanite is still available here in Japan (what gerstley borate is a
substitute for.)
--
Lee Love
2858-2-2 , Nanai
Mashiko-machi
Tochigi-ken
321-4106
JAPAN
Ikiru@kami.com
Earl Brunner on tue 11 apr 00
Well, David, I asked my son to go in and pick up a hundred
lbs for me.
He lives in the Dallas area.
They sold him 100 lbs of COLEMANITE at $55.00 per 100 lb.
Told him it was the same thing.
He's not really a potter so he listened to them.
David Hendley wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
> week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
> They have lots of it in their warehouse.
> John Williams, the owner of Trinity, is a real friend of
> potters, and he has not raised the price of Gerstley to
> take advantage of the increased demand since it was
> announced that production will cease. It's still $27.50
> for a 50# bag, 2 for $50. To discourage hoarding, they
> have set a limit of 200 pounds per customer.
> Trinity Ceramic Supply
> 9016 Diplomacy Row
> Dallas, TX 75247
> 214-631-0540
>
> --
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
> hendley@tyler.net
> http://www.farmpots.com/
--
Earl Brunner
http://coyote.accessnv.com/bruec
mailto:bruec@anv.net
David Hendley on thu 13 apr 00
Not.
Trinity Ceramic Supply has been swamped since
I sent this message last week, and asked that I
announce to the Clayart list that they have no more
Gerstley borate for sale.
The original posting was from me, not Trinity. I guess
I didn't realize what a response it would generate, and
I apologize for implying that more was available than
actually was.
Once again, folks, remember that it's really not that
big of a deal to change your glaze recipes to use
other materials when you run out of Gerstley borate.
The reason production was ceased is that there was
not much of a market for it. Industry uses frits in boron
glazes and never liked Gerstley borate because of
the variable composition. They regularly make glazes
that are 80% or more frit.
Potters are an insignificant market to a huge corporation.
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: David Hendley
To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:16 PM
Subject: still plenty of Gerstley borate
| I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
| week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
| They have lots of it in their warehouse.
LCHS Class Reunion Committee on fri 14 apr 00
you might want to check with US Pigment in Chicago,
I've got my hundred pounds which will last me a very long time..
jeff seefeldt
David Hendley wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Not.
> Trinity Ceramic Supply has been swamped since
> I sent this message last week, and asked that I
> announce to the Clayart list that they have no more
> Gerstley borate for sale.
> The original posting was from me, not Trinity. I guess
> I didn't realize what a response it would generate, and
> I apologize for implying that more was available than
> actually was.
>
> Once again, folks, remember that it's really not that
> big of a deal to change your glaze recipes to use
> other materials when you run out of Gerstley borate.
> The reason production was ceased is that there was
> not much of a market for it. Industry uses frits in boron
> glazes and never liked Gerstley borate because of
> the variable composition. They regularly make glazes
> that are 80% or more frit.
> Potters are an insignificant market to a huge corporation.
> --
> David Hendley
> Maydelle, Texas
> hendley@tyler.net
> http://www.farmpots.com/
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Hendley
> To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 11:16 PM
> Subject: still plenty of Gerstley borate
>
> | I stopped in at Trinity Ceramic Supply in Dallas last
> | week and picked up a couple of bags of Gerstley borate.
> | They have lots of it in their warehouse.
| |
|
