Susan Maguire on thu 15 mar 07
Could some one (downunder?) tell me the American equivalent to this clay?
I want to make a glaze that calls for Pittong Clay and Australian. PF. I'm
assuming any potash spar will work, but I can't find anything on the Pittong.
Many Thanks..
Susan Maguire............................ Missing NCECA yet another year.
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
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Helen Bates on thu 15 mar 07
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:35 EDT, Susan Maguire <...> wrote:
>Could some one (downunder?) tell me the American equivalent to this clay?
>I want to make a glaze that calls for Pittong Clay and Australian. PF. I'm
>assuming any potash spar will work, but I can't find anything on the Pittong.
>
>Many Thanks..
>
>
>
>Susan Maguire............................
Hi Susan, I have found out this much: The clay that is mined at the Pittong
Mine near Ballarat, Victoria, Australia is a kaolin clay, so maybe another
kaolin would be worth testing.
Good testing,
Helen
Craig Martell on thu 15 mar 07
At 12:00 AM 3/15/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Could some one (downunder?) tell me the American equivalent to this clay?
The closest thing we have to Pittong Eckalite is EPK kaolin. I looked at
the analyses of both clays and they are very close. The alumina and silica
percents are the same.
regards, Craig Martell Hopewell, Oregon
Timothy Joko-Veltman on thu 15 mar 07
Susan,
If you give us the composition of the Pittong clay, then it is not
every hard to develop a substitute. The same is true for the Aussie
PF - though depending on how widely off the average the Aussie PF and
the stuff you use to replace it are, trading one in for the other
might not have a very marked effect.
Regards,
Tim
Lili Krakowski on thu 15 mar 07
I expect Ivor who IS in Australia and is our current moderator will tell
you.....But I Googled PITTONG CLAY got info...It appears to be a kaolin
mined in Pittong, so I would use any kaolin on hand and test...
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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