Janet Kaiser on tue 9 may 00
A potting friend has been trying to repair a kiln lid on a top-loader for
some time. The cement she bought and used was not up to stoneware
temperatures (although she was advised it would be). She cannot afford a new
lid just now and so she borrows one, but would obviously prefer not to.
Always supposing ITC is available in the UK, would it be an alternative to
trying to cement the broken fire-brick parts together? Thanks for any input.
Janet Kaiser
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----- Original Message -----
From: Charlie and Linda Riggs
To:
Sent: 08 May 2000 21:27
Subject: Saggars and ITC
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi People
>
> I was reading the adverts for ITC last month and they were stating that
> ITC sprayed on the steel industry's tundish (holding vessels for molten
> metal) and my guess was that if it worked to save these from cracking up
> it might work on the saggar containers. (We have been wrapping ceramic
> fiber around them to less the thermal shock and have been wearing masks
> and messing with fiber with every load.)
>
> Linda has now fired several ITC coated containers (saggars) 5 times
> without any losses. This is VERY unusual as they normally crack on the
> first to third firing.
>
> I apply it by watering it down to a cream consistency and then spray it
> on a dampened saggar inside and out. I use the sandblaster sprayer that
> Axner sells for this purpose. Our saggar clay is Laguna 548 and it is
> thrown to approx. 1/4-3/8" thickness in a planter or shallow bowl shape.
>
> Hope this is helpful to some of our fellow and sister saggar firers out
> there.
>
> Charlie Riggs
> PS-The latest Claytimes has the details on saggar firing but discovered
> the ITC after the article went to press.
>
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