UU KRC on sat 19 mar 05
I've had this idea drifting around in my head since I
first had a chance to read up on kilns. I was planning
to research the clayart archives on this subject but I
can't seem to get the page to load. So until it does
I'll put the question to those with time enough to be
checking there email.
The idea is simple enough, the two questions are as
well. The first is simply would the idea generate
interest? The second is could it be done.
The background is also simple. I had been reading
about drafts and heat flow in kilns when the mail
arrived. There were around 16 pieces of mail, for a
total of maybe 6 oz. of paper. All of it was Junk
Mail. When I sat back down to my book I thought to
myself, I should start collecting that stuff, I could
probably fule a kiln with it.
So there it is. Sometime in the future I'd like to
attempt to fire a kiln entirely on "recycled" junk
mail. I wonder if anyone out there would be interested
enough to want a piece or two to be part of it? (this
would of course be FAR in the future for me)
Now for the fun part, all of you with more experience
in wood firing than me get to show me the problems
inherant in such a project. Tell me honestly what you
think.
Jared
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Eric on sun 20 mar 05
Would it include colored paper as well as black and white? Years ago, as
a fireplace and woodstove owner I was warned, when using newspaper for
kindling, not to use the colored parts (like advertisement inserts)
because the inks used were often toxic and contain heavy metals. I'd
been warned of this not just in terms of breathing the smoke, but also
on it's effect on the woodstoves catalytic converter. I'm not entirely
sure how valid this information is, or if true, the impact on the
ash-glaze effect on pots (could be interesting if not food safe), but it
might be worth looking into.
Eric
UU KRC wrote:
>I've had this idea drifting around in my head since I
>first had a chance to read up on kilns. I was planning
>to research the clayart archives on this subject but I
>can't seem to get the page to load. So until it does
>I'll put the question to those with time enough to be
>checking there email.
>
>The idea is simple enough, the two questions are as
>well. The first is simply would the idea generate
>interest? The second is could it be done.
>
>The background is also simple. I had been reading
>about drafts and heat flow in kilns when the mail
>arrived. There were around 16 pieces of mail, for a
>total of maybe 6 oz. of paper. All of it was Junk
>Mail. When I sat back down to my book I thought to
>myself, I should start collecting that stuff, I could
>probably fule a kiln with it.
>
>So there it is. Sometime in the future I'd like to
>attempt to fire a kiln entirely on "recycled" junk
>mail. I wonder if anyone out there would be interested
>enough to want a piece or two to be part of it? (this
>would of course be FAR in the future for me)
>
>Now for the fun part, all of you with more experience
>in wood firing than me get to show me the problems
>inherant in such a project. Tell me honestly what you
>think.
>
>Jared
>
>
>
>
Sarah Prince on mon 21 mar 05
Junk mail as fuel sounds like a good candidate for my interest in pit
firing - the kiln that I can afford, fired with locally-grown trash
wood that's not competed for by the home heating market. Weird
chemicals might be considered an advantage there, just be careful
about standing downwind.
At 12:47 -0500 3/20/05, Eric wrote:
>Would it include colored paper as well as black and white? Years ago, as
>a fireplace and woodstove owner I was warned, when using newspaper for
>kindling, not to use the colored parts (like advertisement inserts)
>because the inks used were often toxic and contain heavy metals. I'd
>been warned of this not just in terms of breathing the smoke, but also
>on its effect on the woodstove's catalytic converter.
> >
> >All of it was Junk
> >Mail. When I sat back down to my book I thought to
>>myself, I should start collecting that stuff, I could
> >probably fule a kiln with it.
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