Charley Farrero on sat 7 jun 03
I have a clay recipe with FOUNDRY HILL CREAM as an ingredient.
Hard to find here in Canada.
Does any one has a substitute? or the chemical analysis?
Is it a Ball clay, a stoneware clay or a Kaolin (as I have seen in some
American catalogues).
Thanks
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Charley Farrero
Box 145 MEACHAM (SK)
S0K 2V0 CANADA
E-mail:cfjj@sk.sympatico.ca
306-3762221
Charley Farrero Clayworks
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David Beumee on mon 9 jun 03
I have a clay recipe with FOUNDRY HILL CREAM as an ingredient.
>Hard to find here in Canada.
>Does any one has a substitute? or the chemical analysis?
>Is it a Ball clay, a stoneware clay or a Kaolin (as I have seen in some
>American catalogues).
>Thanks
According to the testing I have done, (New) Foundry Hill Creme has very good plasticity,
17% shrinkage @ cone 11 (wet mixed), 3% absorption @ cone 11, no warping or cracking
problems, a fine but not sticky texture, a light tan fired color in reduction, and an excellent,
dense feel. I consider it a stoneware clay, and Cedar Heights Goldart is a domestic U.S.
clay that I would consider comparable, though NFHCreme doesn't have the sulphur content
of Goldart. Perhaps you might try Plainsman Plasticfire clay as a substitution in Canada.
It has excellent plasticity, 14.5% shrinkage @ cone 11 (wet mixed), and 6% absorption @cone 11.
David Beumee
Earth Alchemy Pottery
Lafayette, CO
6/7/03 12:09:51 PM, Charley Farrero wrote:
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>Box 145 MEACHAM (SK)
>S0K 2V0 CANADA
>E-mail:cfjj@sk.sympatico.ca
>306-3762221
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>http://www.farrero.ca
>http://www.handwave.ca/hcharley.html
>http://www.saskterra.sk.ca/archive1.htm
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