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grams to pounds - the 3 oz method

updated sat 28 jul 01

 

David Cowdrill on fri 27 jul 01


Here's the way I determine the amount of glaze materials for a 4 gallon
bucket: Beginning with the "100 gm recipe, multiply each value by 3
oz. Doing this yields a total weight of 300 oz or 18.75 lb. (The standard
approach of using 10,000 gm. yields 22 lb. of dry material.)

Example: Shaners Clear:
Flint 31.9
Custer Feldspar 31.9
Whiting 16.8
EPK 14.1
Dolomite 5.3
add Bentonite 2%

Material for a 4 gal. bucket would be:
Flint: 95.7 oz = 6 lb
Custer Feldspar: 95.7 oz = 6lb.
Whiting: 50.4oz = 3lb 2oz
EPK: 42.3oz = 2lb 10oz
Dolomite: 15.9 oz
add Bentonite 6 oz




David Cowdrill in Great Falls, Virginia

Ababi on fri 27 jul 01


dear friends.my keyboard does not work well. I use the virtual keyboard
of my email
program so I will write shortly. my translator,BABYLON,is a multi
functional tool can be useful to the English speaking person too,
among it's functions are; changing weight measurement and currency:You
write 6.8654kg and translate it to pounds. or (how much Jordanian
Dinar
would cost you the book you ordered in Honduras) And much more. You can
download
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pronounce correctly "Ulexite" as it has a tool that 'speaks'
,when it does not have he answer it takes you to a site with an answer
or farther
to a search engine. i downloaded their glossary of art galleries in
South
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what is the correct exhibition,artist etc it cost 20 $ a year.Good for
you and perhaps this is the way i would like you to think abut our
local manufactures&county.
http://www.babylon.com/

Ababi

Ababi Sharon
Kibbutz Shoval- Israel
officially Glaze addict
ababisha@shoval.ardom.co.il
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---------- Original Message ----------

>Here's the way I determine the amount of glaze materials for a 4
gallon
>bucket: Beginning with the "100 gm recipe, multiply each value by 3
>oz. Doing this yields a total weight of 300 oz or 18.75 lb. (The
>standard
>approach of using 10,000 gm. yields 22 lb. of dry material.)

>Example: Shaners Clear:
>Flint 31.9
>Custer Feldspar 31.9
>Whiting 16.8
>EPK 14.1
>Dolomite 5.3
>add Bentonite 2%

>Material for a 4 gal. bucket would be:
>Flint: 95.7 oz = 6 lb
>Custer Feldspar: 95.7 oz = 6lb.
>Whiting: 50.4oz = 3lb 2oz
>EPK: 42.3oz = 2lb 10oz
>Dolomite: 15.9 oz
>add Bentonite 6 oz




>David Cowdrill in Great Falls, Virginia

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