RE: Kiln coatings

[Ric Swenson]

so... there is the answer to itc..without the hign cost?
just magic?
 
a coating for brick or fiber....
 
not so magic...but
 
 cost?
 
indeed...congratulations Felize
 
 
your magic patent is magic....
 
get rich....from a chemical invention........
 
what a guy
 
 
what a feat?
 
 
chemistry conquers all....
 
oye
 
 
uff da
 
 
we can crack it...
 
 hey....they already did it  in China.
 
sorry to tell you...or maybe..... not so sorry dude.
 
 deal with it...
 
not a big deal...many years ago....or  five years ago here
 
 and  dealt with it in 1995 in Bennington Vermont.  long ago.
 
worked well...and loved the results...  old history now.
 
coatings for kiln bricks...
 
yeah
 
 
for fiber or hard or soft brick...yeah
 
 
I t works.
 
 
just like on the space shuttles
 
 
thermal oppacity
 
 
 
ric
 
 


Ric Swenson, B.F.A, M.F.A.
Ceramist, Artist and Teacher.
Jing De Zhen Ceramic Institute
Jing De Zhen City,
Jiang Xi Province
China
Mobile:  86-13767818872

 

> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 00:15:35 -0500
> From: vpit...@DTCCOM.NET
> Subject: Re: Kiln coatings
> To: Cla...@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>
> Jeff Burger wrote:
> "I have been reading most of the posts on kiln coatings over the last year.
> I am still wondering if any kiln coatings have proven effective over time in
> wood fired soda kilns? This would be on a new hard brick kiln with a K23
> brick door. Any input is appreciated."
>
> Hi Jeff -
> You don't need any protective coating on the hardbrick, but it does help to
> give the hardbrick surfaces other than the floor a fluid, saturating spray
> coat of any shino glaze before the first firing. That just hastens the
> development of the surface that would form anyway. As far as the door goes,
> we had excellent luck with a homemade protective coating formed of 45 parts
> zircon flour, 45 parts aluminum oxide, and ten parts kaolin. Mix it very
> watery and apply several coats that can soak into the surface of the brick.
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka
> Appalachian Center for Craft
> Tennessee Tech University
> vpit...@dtccom.net
> http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/

[Lee]

I addressed this back in 2006. ITC doesn't work well with salt or
soda. Check out this article:


The results of Peter Meanly's kiln coating research is in Ceramics
TECHNICAL periodical #18 2004.

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[Neon-Cat]

Ric, Ric, seems with you there is no escaping Clayart. So I went to see what had you all bent and I'm still not quite clear, except that you seem to have something against "chemistry". What gives? So many things that we do can quickly and easily be explained and understood by a correct basic knowledge of chemistry, like that business of evidence of repaired cracks in Southern Ice also on Clayart now. Easy explanation; easy fix. But I unsubbed Clayart last year about this time...   So, tell me, Ric, what is the basis for the animosity between potters and chemistry (science) -- from your point of view? In the olden days this friction did not seem to exist in America and indeed does not seem evident in other parts of the world now. What happened in America with American potters to cause this divide?   I always liked the concept of learning together, each of us sharing our knowledge. That was not meant to be, so I now spend my spare time writing a book full of amazing things others might like to know about and utilize in their work and art to make their lives easier. The work is joyous and peaceful yet very exciting. And yes, there will be a fee, just as there is for one of my wall tiles or sculptures. Should there not be because it contains "chemistry"? Just curious...   I tend to think of the potters of old as chemists, carefully putting together this and that, tweaking the results of the reactions they achieved in transforming fires. Truly amazing!   Just last night I came across a mention of how eighteenth century potters in your town purified kaolin transported from 60 miles away by washing it, crushing it, washing and re-washing it several times, then straining it through horse hair sieves and then through bags made out of a double thickness of silk. What devotion yielding a very white porcelain. Beneficiation is beneficiation -- so we do it differently now and with a good deal of "chemistry". Is there less devotion today?   Gary -- sorry to read about your mom -- the love remains. Best wishes for a smooth transition to your new place and this new chapter in your life.   Marian Neon-Cat --- On Sun, 6/10/12, Ric Swenson <ricswen...@hotmail.com> wrote: