Arnold Howard on mon 24 feb 03
Would anyone be interested in purchasing powdered insulating firebrick?
It is a by-product of kiln manufacturing and readily available from
Paragon.
Let me know if you are interested. I was thinking of packaging it in
five gallon containers, which would be a convenient size for shipping.
Or, if you came to Mesquite, Texas, you could bring your own containers
(55 gallon drums, etc.).
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P.
www.paragonweb.com
Alex Solla on mon 24 feb 03
Arnold-
I think that if enough of this powdered softbrick really could be packaged, it would be a great asset, both in terms of claybodies and refractories. Biggest hurdle would be finding a major distributor such as laguna or standard who could offset the shipping costs. Worth a try though! I certainly would use it!!! One can never have enough softbrick when it comes time to make castable.
Alexander Solla
Manager/Director R&D
Cold Springs Studio
4088 Cold Springs Road
Trumansburg, NY 14886
Arnold Howard wrote:Would anyone be interested in purchasing powdered insulating firebrick?
It is a by-product of kiln manufacturing and readily available from
Paragon.
Let me know if you are interested. I was thinking of packaging it in
five gallon containers, which would be a convenient size for shipping.
Or, if you came to Mesquite, Texas, you could bring your own containers
(55 gallon drums, etc.).
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P.
www.paragonweb.com
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Ron Roy on thu 27 feb 03
Hi Arnold,
What a great idea.
Just to make sure - check it for any calcium - vinegar or acid will make it
fizz.
RR
>Would anyone be interested in purchasing powdered insulating firebrick?
>It is a by-product of kiln manufacturing and readily available from
>Paragon.
>
>Let me know if you are interested. I was thinking of packaging it in
>five gallon containers, which would be a convenient size for shipping.
>Or, if you came to Mesquite, Texas, you could bring your own containers
>(55 gallon drums, etc.).
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Arnold Howard
>Paragon Industries, L.P.
>www.paragonweb.com
Ron Roy
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Paul Herman on tue 4 mar 03
Greetings Craig and All,
One thing to realize about Insulating Brick Powder is that MOST of the
insulating characteristics will have been lost after being reduced to a
powder. It will still be a high grade refractory grog. The porous
'styrofoam' structure of IFB is what gives it insulation qualities. You
could confirm this by wieghing an IFB and an equal volume of powder.
Still a useful material.
But Zircopax is interesting stuff, huh? I'd bet ITC has a good gob of
Zircopax in it. And some cement. Some salt coating recipes contain
Zircopax.
Best wishes,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
423-725 Scott Road
Doyle, California 96109 US
potter@psln.com
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>From: Craig Dunn Clark
> Arnold, I intend to make a small, no more than 15 or 20 cubic foot,
> updraft or catenary kiln for salt. I would like to play around with various
> products (both homemade and on the market) that can be used as an additive
> to a castable mix which I may use or which may be applied to the surface of
> the castable or ISB's.
> I realize that soft brick does not hold up to salt atmoshere but
> something may work. THis will be a low key year long type of experiment.
> After looking at what the NONVIT product is reported to do (to costly for my
> blood but I do have the chemical analysis and is surprising close to
> Zircopax which will be one of the first things I try) and this stuff called
> Emisshield that was developed by NASA and is used on the tiles on the space
> shuttles, there may be hope other than the normal route of high alumina hard
> brick.
> I would like to try mixing up a good bit of your powdered soft brick
> into castable with various products both on and in the castable. I'll then
> take the tests to the salt kiln at Lamar University about 80 miles from here
> where we will test our hairbrained ideas. Don't want to invest the time,
> energy and money in building a kiln until I think we have something that may
> work.
> Do any of these directions sound plausable to you? Where is Mesquite
> (I'm in Houston)? How much will the powder cost me?
> Thankyou,
> Craig Dunn Clark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnold Howard"
>
>> Would anyone be interested in purchasing powdered insulating firebrick?
>> It is a by-product of kiln manufacturing and readily available from
>> Paragon.
>>
>> Let me know if you are interested. I was thinking of packaging it in
>> five gallon containers, which would be a convenient size for shipping.
>> Or, if you came to Mesquite, Texas, you could bring your own containers
>> (55 gallon drums, etc.).
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Arnold Howard
Craig Dunn Clark on tue 4 mar 03
Arnold, I intend to make a small, no more than 15 or 20 cubic foot,
updraft or catenary kiln for salt. I would like to play around with various
products (both homemade and on the market) that can be used as an additive
to a castable mix which I may use or which may be applied to the surface of
the castable or ISB's.
I realize that soft brick does not hold up to salt atmoshere but
something may work. THis will be a low key year long type of experiment.
After looking at what the NONVIT product is reported to do (to costly for my
blood but I do have the chemical analysis and is surprising close to
Zircopax which will be one of the first things I try) and this stuff called
Emisshield that was developed by NASA and is used on the tiles on the space
shuttles, there may be hope other than the normal route of high alumina hard
brick.
I would like to try mixing up a good bit of your powdered soft brick
into castable with various products both on and in the castable. I'll then
take the tests to the salt kiln at Lamar University about 80 miles from here
where we will test our hairbrained ideas. Don't want to invest the time,
energy and money in building a kiln until I think we have something that may
work.
Do any of these directions sound plausable to you? Where is Mesquite
(I'm in Houston)? How much will the powder cost me?
Thankyou,
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Howard"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:46 AM
Subject: Powdered Insulating Firebrick
> Would anyone be interested in purchasing powdered insulating firebrick?
> It is a by-product of kiln manufacturing and readily available from
> Paragon.
>
> Let me know if you are interested. I was thinking of packaging it in
> five gallon containers, which would be a convenient size for shipping.
> Or, if you came to Mesquite, Texas, you could bring your own containers
> (55 gallon drums, etc.).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P.
> www.paragonweb.com
>
>
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