Janet Moe/Paul Bailey on sat 1 may 04
Today I picked up the rest of my kiln bricks from my supplier. I ordered
some Moflint hard brick for the floor. When I got home and got to the
bottom of the pallet what I found were France Non-Spall bricks (FNS). Of
course by that time it was too late to call the supplier so I will do
that when he opens Tuesday. However, in the meantime, I am very curious
and cannot find anything on an internet search. Does anyone have any
information about the FNS bricks? They aren't quite as heavy as the
Moflints I have but otherwise look similar.
Janet, always curious, on way too dry Denman Island, British Columbia,
Canada
Logan Oplinger on tue 4 may 04
On Sat, 1 May 2004 19:05:30 -0700, Janet Moe/Paul Bailey
wrote:
>...bottom of the pallet what I found were France Non-Spall bricks (FNS).
>Does anyone have any information about the FNS bricks? They aren't quite
as heavy as the Moflints I have but otherwise look similar.
>
>Janet, always curious, on way too dry Denman Island, British Columbia,
>Canada
Hello Janet,
A couple of Google searchs found the following company name. Try contacting
Premier Refractories International, Inc. (Formerly Premier Refractories
Inc.)
901 E. 8th Ave., P.O. Box 1569, King of Prussia, PA 19406. PH: 610-337-
1100. FAX: 610-337-1111
Logan Oplinger
Another Pacific Island
Paul Herman on tue 4 may 04
Janet,
For what it's worth, I've used some FNS hardbrick pavers on the floor of
the anagama, and they are just fine. They seem to be equivalent to
clippers or other superduty bricks.
good firings,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
Doyle, California US
http://www.greatbasinpottery.com/
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>From: Janet Moe/Paul Bailey
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: France Non-Spall Hard Brick
>Date: Sat, May 1, 2004, 7:05 PM
>
> Today I picked up the rest of my kiln bricks from my supplier. I ordered
> some Moflint hard brick for the floor. When I got home and got to the
> bottom of the pallet what I found were France Non-Spall bricks (FNS). Of
> course by that time it was too late to call the supplier so I will do
> that when he opens Tuesday. However, in the meantime, I am very curious
> and cannot find anything on an internet search. Does anyone have any
> information about the FNS bricks? They aren't quite as heavy as the
> Moflints I have but otherwise look similar.
>
> Janet, always curious, on way too dry Denman Island, British Columbia,
> Canada
Logan Oplinger on wed 5 may 04
On Sat, 1 May 2004 19:05:30 -0700, Janet Moe/Paul Bailey
wrote:
>....bottom of the pallet what I found were France Non-Spall bricks
(FNS)....> Does anyone have any information about the FNS bricks? They
aren't quite as heavy as the Moflints I have but otherwise look similar.
>
>Janet, always curious, on way too dry Denman Island, British Columbia,
>Canada
Hello Again Janet,
A different tack on doing a web search yeilded more specific info. on what
looks like a current, more direct information resource contact.
A search using "France Non-Spall" in the "Dogpile" search engine yeilded
the company name of J.H. France Refractories Co.
Plugging this company name into an address finder yeilded:
France J H Refractories CO Greenpoint DIV
2539 Borden Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 729-8950
This address was found at
http://yellowpages.superpages.com/listings.jsp?
SRC=Lycos&STYPE=N&PG=L&N=J.H.+FRANCE+REFRACTORIES+CO.&search=Find+It&search=
Find+It
I hope this helps.
Logan Oplinger
Another Tropical Island
Janet Moe/Paul Bailey on wed 5 may 04
Thanks to all who sent me info. My supplier also emailed with more info
and the FNS hard bricks are high heat duty. Just wanted to make sure. If
they stand up in Paul's anagama there should be no problem here. It has
been interesting trying to find out about different bricks. Now back to
making pots for the upcoming studio tour...
Janet, Denman Island, BC, Canada
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