george koller on fri 21 jun 02
hi,
some months ago there was a clayart posting on
using silicone sealant with porcelain to alter the
properties.
we have now done several simple experiments
and i thought i would share that we are starting
to get some interesting results at 2% silicone
sealant by weight. also we are using a kitchen-
aide kind of a mixer/blender and using flour
to keep the surfaces from sticking.
according to the person doing the tests the
materials blended and could be handled rather
like straight porcelain (without sticking).
i thought i would report at this point because
from here on in our target goals are likely to
be different than most. beside allowing us to
roll the combined materials very thin, it would
seem that the combined materials might have
other interesting and desirable properties.
best,
george
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