[Clayart] Grog or course fire clay

[Rod Haaland]

I've not tried Soldate 60. It's on the list.

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 8:33 PM M Gordon <clayart at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Rod,  have you tried Soldate 60? I have thrown large round shapes with
> it for years with no problem having it hold it's shape.  I can send
> pics if you want. Mike Gordon
> On Aug 18, 2018, at 12:53 PM, Rod Haaland wrote:
>
> > "Flabby" adj. The inability of a thrown clay piece to maintain it's
> > shape
> > under the force of gravity.
> >
> > Although most boxed clays are quite plastic these days few have the
> > structure to maintain their shape if pushed to large bulbous shapes.
> >
> > Interesting idea of including epsum salts. I've always tried to keep
> > the pH
> > in the acid range to avoid deflocculation. Never tried such an
> > aggressive
> > flocculator as epsum salts. Good idea.
> >
> > On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 2:32 PM Bryan Johnson <bryj at cheqnet.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Have you tried adding some Epsom salts?  Make a saturated solution
> >> and add
> >> few drops in a lump and wedge, or about a pint par 300 pounds and pug
> >> or
> >> remix.
> >> Bryan Johnson
> >>
> >> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 6:01 AM Rod Haaland <rod.haaland at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Folks. I've been on a quest to formulate a good clay body that can be
> >>> thrown thin and stays put. I've tried several different "boxed"
> >>> clays.
> >> All
> >>> seem to be really flabby with a bunch of grog thrown in. I think it's
> >>> better to get that "toothy" plastic strength from course fire clay.
> >>> So...
> >>> I'm opening the floor for a discussion of the best combination of
> >>> clays
> >> for
> >>> plasticity AND the ability to be thrown thin and maintain shape -
> >>> I'll
> >> call
> >>> it "standupedness".
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