Arnold Howard on mon 20 sep 04
Paragon has large quantities of powdered insulating firebrick available as
grog. This is the by-product from cutting and grooving firebricks for kilns.
We can sell it at a very reasonable price, especially if you can pick it up
yourself at our Mesquite, Texas factory.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
From: "Steven Blankenbeker"
> Let me share a bit about grogs. In my 18 years at Cedar Heights Clay we
> were perpetually searching for the perfect grog. The need has been there
> for years, especially for artisans. I have personally worked on about ten
> different projects with grog. When the super duty firebrick industry was
> replaced with exotic refractories and fibre (70's and early 80's), the
> availability of quality brick culls went to about zero. Practically no
> firecbrick companies left east of the mIssissippi. This meant that most
> ground brick grog was "reclaimed" (many horror stories I could relate,
> including bronze contamination).
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