Eleanora Eden on mon 5 feb 01
just noticing again a bunch of posts about drawback of paperclay being hard
to cut and thought I'd post again that I am making my "paperclay" from fine
woodpowder (from the sander, NOT sawdust) because it avoids the drawback of
being difficult to cut or trim but is just as good in respect to firing
advantages. And you can throw it if you want.
Eleanora
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Eleanora Eden 802 869-2003
Paradise Hill eeden@vermntel.net
Bellows Falls, VT 05101 www.eleanoraeden.com
Larry Phillips on mon 5 feb 01
Eleanora Eden wrote:
>
> just noticing again a bunch of posts about drawback of paperclay being hard
> to cut and thought I'd post again that I am making my "paperclay" from fine
> woodpowder (from the sander, NOT sawdust) because it avoids the drawback of
> being difficult to cut or trim but is just as good in respect to firing
> advantages. And you can throw it if you want.
But what sort of characteristics would it have? Paper has the fibres,
and because of that, it tends to hold the clay together. While the
fibres are still there in the sanding waste, they are VERY short indeed.
Does clay mixed with wood powder hold together as well as paperclay?
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iandol on tue 6 feb 01
Dear Eleanora Eden,
I found your post interesting and can understand that using dust will =
give a lighter product
But it has been my understanding that the reason for using paper in =
paper clay is that the stranded nature of the wood and cotton cells from =
which plant stems are constructed makes clay into a strong composite =
material in a similar way to that steel strands strengthen reinforced =
concrete. It gives tensional and torsional strength.
Since wood dust is a fine particulate without the same form as wood pulp =
this advantage would seem to be lost.
Or am I missing something here?
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis. Redhill, South Australia.
Eleanora Eden on sun 25 feb 01
- Just saw these posts on the list and here is the response:
- You are exactly right.=A0 I trade that kind of strength for easy
cutting and shaping of the tiles.=A0 For my application, which is large
tiles, I don't need draping strength, but I do need to be able to cut to
shape easily and quickly and have edges that are easily smoothed.=A0 I
found that with the paper pulp clay it was nigh on impossible to cut a
clean or smooth cut.=A0 The woodpowder clay is perfect for my
applications.
- Best, Eleanora
But what sort of characteristics would it have? Paper has the
fibres,and because of that, it tends to hold the clay together. While
the
fibres are still there in the sanding waste, they are VERY short
indeed.
Does clay mixed with wood powder hold together as well as=20
paperclay?
>
>But it has been my understanding that the reason for using paper in
paper clay is that the stranded nature of the wood and cotton cells from
which plant stems are constructed makes clay into a strong composite
material in a similar way to that steel strands strengthen reinforced
concrete. It gives tensional and torsional strength.
>
>Since wood dust is a fine particulate without the same form as wood
pulp this advantage would seem to be lost.
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Eleanora
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