[Cob] back at Marlin

[Marlin]

Ours (the fired clay) was called "Grog" and came in different grits so that it was like sand or almost powdered. 

I agree with Charmaine that you'd want the finer to react more with the Lime. I don't know what "Kiln Wash" is exactly but it sounds like some sort of lime mix and something that would be good to try (if it's safe and reasonably environmentally friendly) in a bread oven as I've seen some degradation from just straight Cob inside their fireboxes...

BEst,

Marlin

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-----Original Message-----
From:     Mary Lou McFarland <louiethefifth at hotmail.com>
Sent:     Sat, 29 May 2004 22:22:35 -0500
To:       Coblist at deatech.com
Subject:  [Cob] back at Marlin

Marlin,  I was wondering if the fired/powdered clay is a white powder called 
kiln wash and if mixed thick enough is used as a kiln cement to repair fine 
cracks?  If I know the exact name then I could just order it from Lou Davis 
Wholesale.  They are the supply company that I use and I'm pretty sure they 
have an ordering dept. on the net if anyone wants to search them out.  Mary 
Lou