[Clayart] pitting in blue bird pug mill barrel.

[ronroy--- via Clayart]

I have a question for another potter - has anyone had pitting in a
Blue Bird pug mill barrel and how did you deal with it?

I know there are answers in the archives but I just don't have the
time to search. Please feel free to contact me directly but I'm sure
there are others who will want to hear the details.

Ron Roy
ron...@ca.inter.net
Web page ronroy.net

[William Schran via Clayart]

There was some discussion about this some time back:
https://community.ceramicartsdaily.org/topic/24085-question-about-pug-mills-and-corrosion-bacho/
I have an older Bluebird 440 with pitted barrel. Bought it used from
potter who used porcelain and B-Mix type clays. Apparently this potter
didn't clean out the machine on a regular basis. I now use this pug
mill with pitted barrel to reclaim brown & red stoneware. It is
difficult to seal the barrel to keep clay moist in the barrel for
extended periods of time, so I just let the clay left in the barrel
dry a bit, undo 4 bolts and pull the barrel off to clean out dried
clay.

William Schran...@twc.com703-505-1617

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