Steve Slatin on wed 14 sep 05
Marianne --
Sorry, hit the wrong key there ... to finish up,
there's almost certainly not enough calcium in there
to make a melting difference.
If there is, it will show up by over-melting your
glazes -- semi mattes will appear glossy, etc. (There
are some color effects when you change from
sodium/potassium rich glazes to calcium-rich as well,
but not when you are talking about less than 1
percent concentration. The few elements that are
active at under 1% are things like cobalt, with
distinctive patterns of glaze reaction.
Mismixing a glaze sloppily will put you a percent or
two off easily enough; if you don't like your glaze
results and you're getting good vitrification
something else is the problem. Maybe it's time to
switch clay bodies?
Best wishes -- Steve S.
Steve Slatin --
Drove downtown in the rain
9:30 on a Tuesday night
Just to check out the
Late night record shop
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Earl Krueger on thu 15 sep 05
Hmmmmm!!!
Could one use the waste heat radiating from a kiln to power a still?
Ought to be able to produce enough pute distilled water to make up the
glaze for the next kiln load.
--
earl k...
bothell, wa, usa
nsmheralds@netzero.net on thu 15 sep 05
>Could one use the waste heat radiating from a kiln to power a still?
Ought to be able to produce enough pute distilled water to make up the
glaze for the next kiln load.
What's this? Use a still to make water? Hogwash! You should use the still to make "fuel" for your next firing!
Nathan Miller
Newberg, OR
Wayne Seidl on fri 16 sep 05
Oh hell Earl! If you're going to get busted for running a still
(illegal in most parts of the country, I'm told) you can make a heck
of a lot more money distilling corn mash :>) =20
Just ask the Mayor. That spiral pipe of his looks an awful lot like
a condenser coil...a BIG one, too!
(Kaowool flue liner indeed...that's just fluff to confuse the
inspectors and "revenoors" LOL)
Don't waste your time making water!
Best,
Wayne Seidl
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Earl
Krueger
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 11:22 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: salt water, continued
Hmmmmm!!!
Could one use the waste heat radiating from a kiln to power a still?
Ought to be able to produce enough pute distilled water to make up
the
glaze for the next kiln load.
--
earl k...
bothell, wa, usa
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