is the standard porcelain kaolin considered as a plastic kaolin

updated fri 27 feb 04

Ababi Sharon on thu 26 feb 04

A question

Is the standard porcelain kaolin considered as a plastic kaolin or can
take part in making handbuilding porcelain?

Thanks





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Craig Martell on thu 26 feb 04

Ababi, the glaze addict, asked:
>Is the standard porcelain kaolin considered as a plastic kaolin or can
>take part in making handbuilding porcelain?

Hello Ababi:

I found the ECC Standard Porcelain to be about the same as ECC Grolleg. It
has a medium particle size and is plastic enough to throw and handbuild but
it could use some additions of macaloid, vee gum, or some other sort of
montmorillonite plasticizer.

I'm working with some porcelain bodies now that have blends of ECC Standard
and ECC Super Standard. The Super Standard is much more plastic than the
regular Standard Porcelain. Super Standard has a smaller particle size and
a higher MOR, (modulus of rupture), than Standard.

regards, Craig Martell Hopewell, Oregon