cHuCk on sun 24 sep 00
Dear Clayarter's,
I have been looking and looking for 1/4 baked masonite with a textured =
back. We use it for small bats to throw on and it is just perfect. It =
holds up for years and does not get furry at all. Just recently I found =
some 1/8" baked smooth on both sides and it is good but it is hard to =
get it stuck on the "cookie", it tends to slide around. Also the 1/8" is =
more prone to warp a little.
Regular tempered is OK, but after 20 or 30 pots it starts to come apart =
and get fuzzy. With the dark kind of oily baked it holds up for years =
and the bottoms on the pots are really smooth. My wife is getting tired =
of me stopping at every lumber yard we go by, but when I finally found =
some of the dark baked recently we were both excited to see our old =
friend. A cabinet maker tells me that it is often used to make dividers =
for desks or letter boxes, but that he does not see the thicker version =
with a textured back anymore. I have also been told that is was once the =
standard for underlayment in the flooring industry, but has been =
replaced by some sort of composite board.
We have used Medex signboard and it's OK, but not near as good as the =
old masonite we used to get. I mean the bottoms were so smooth that all =
the did was trim the edges and sign the pots and they were done. We use =
plaster bats for bigger pots, but the little 6" and 8" squares are great =
for the majority of what we produce.
If anyone can find the source for this I would be so grateful I will =
start baking cookies for the whole list. (It's a political year so I =
think it's OK to make promises I can't keep.) Also, I recommend it to =
anyone that likes to throw on a "cookie" or a pad.=20
Thanks for any help that someone has!
Chuck Wagoner
Earl Brunner on sun 24 sep 00
We have masonite bats in the city studio where I teach. The
students only get in once a week. They leave their pots on
the bats under plastic sometimes for two or three weeks.
This started to break down the bats. I stopped the
deterioration of the bats by varnishing them with a marine
varnish.
cHuCk wrote:
>
> Dear Clayarter's,
>
> I have been looking and looking for 1/4 baked masonite with a textured back. We use it for small bats to throw on and it is just perfect. It holds up for years and does not get furry at all. Just recently I found some 1/8" baked smooth on both sides and it is good but it is hard to get it stuck on the "cookie", it tends to slide around. Also the 1/8" is more prone to warp a little.
>
> Regular tempered is OK, but after 20 or 30 pots it starts to come apart and get fuzzy. With the dark kind of oily baked it holds up for years and the bottoms on the pots are really smooth. My wife is getting tired of me stopping at every lumber yard we go by, but when I finally found some of the dark baked recently we were both excited to see our old friend. A cabinet maker tells me that it is often used to make dividers for desks or letter boxes, but that he does not see the thicker version with a textured back anymore. I have also been told that is was once the standard for underlayment in the flooring industry, but has been replaced by some sort of composite board.
>
> We have used Medex signboard and it's OK, but not near as good as the old masonite we used to get. I mean the bottoms were so smooth that all the did was trim the edges and sign the pots and they were done. We use plaster bats for bigger pots, but the little 6" and 8" squares are great for the majority of what we produce.
>
> If anyone can find the source for this I would be so grateful I will start baking cookies for the whole list. (It's a political year so I think it's OK to make promises I can't keep.) Also, I recommend it to anyone that likes to throw on a "cookie" or a pad.
>
> Thanks for any help that someone has!
>
> Chuck Wagoner
>
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