Lili Krakowski on fri 29 oct 04
I am curious about this and have NO idea if it A. is safe, pulmonarily =
speaking and kiln wise; B if it would work.
What would happen if one used some fiberglass cloth reinforced with =
fiber glass tape; or dipped in a clay slip and allowed to harden over a =
core of newspaper then removed, leaving the fiberglass cloth? Or if one =
put fiberglass tape around a sculpture from the outside? Would that act =
as a reinforcement?
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
Snail Scott on sat 30 oct 04
At 04:02 PM 10/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>What would happen if one used some fiberglass cloth reinforced with fiber
glass tape; or dipped in a clay slip and allowed to harden over a core of
newspaper then removed, leaving the fiberglass cloth? Or if one put
fiberglass tape around a sculpture from the outside? Would that act as a
reinforcement?
I suspect that fiberglass would
become a flux at most ceramic
temperatures. Maybe fiberfrax
instead?
-Snail Scott
Ivor and Olive Lewis on sat 30 oct 04
Dear Lili,
I think there could be a serious problem with ceramic fibre based on
glass since high soda content would make it into an effective
melting agent. However, I could see some of the newer ceramic
refractory fibres being press ganged into service as a reinforcement.
Best regards
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
Steve Slatin on sat 30 oct 04
Fiberglass melts at about 1400 F. (It becomes
'mushy' at much lower temps, however.)
Fiberfrax blankets are rated to 2300 F or
more -- there's one kind that's rated at
or near 3000 F. Do not confuse Fiberfrax
with Insulfrax -- it's rated at closer to
fiberglass temps. Most of the Fiberfrax
blankets I've seen were rather thick for
the proposed use, though. I don't know
the specs for all the products they
produce. There is a very strong safety
warning on cutting the stuff, IIRC.
-- Steve Slatin
--- Snail Scott wrote:
>
>
> I suspect that fiberglass would
> become a flux at most ceramic
> temperatures. Maybe fiberfrax
> instead?
>
> -Snail Scott
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Robert Huskey on sat 30 oct 04
Subject: Re: cloth reinforcement for sculpture
There is a jute cloth similar to burlap but with wide spacing of the
threads called scrim cloth . Has holes of about 1/4 to 3/8 of an
inch . It makes good reinforcement for plaster and I think that it would be
good for clay scultpture too . There may be cheaper
places to buy it , but Douglass and Sturgess has it for $2.30 a yard ( 50
in. wide ) . http://artstuf.com/
Bob Huskey --- Tallahassee , Florida USA
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