Fredrick Paget on sat 29 dec 07
Our little valley town just outlawed our old wood stove and so we
bought a legal pellet stove and have had it running through a ton of
pellets that I bought for $280.
The pellets are said to be made of hardwood and make very little ash.
I have been saving the ash and have only about 2 gallons of it from
that half ton of pellets that we have burned so far.
The ash looks strange. It is dark almost chocolate color and I
suspect that it has charcoal in it from incomplete combustion. I will
calcine some next time I do a bisque firing to see if it goes grey.
Have not tried it yet in a glaze. Since Tozan in B.C. is down I have
not done any cone 10 or wood firing. Mostly I have been doing
research on decals - cone 013 firings.
Fred
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Twin Dragon Studio
Mill Valley, CA, USA
Fredrick Paget on wed 2 jan 08
I calcined some of the ash Sunday and it stayed the same color.
Still chocolate brown. I have never seen ash like this before.. I
wonder what is in it to make the brown.
Fred
>Our little valley town just outlawed our old wood stove and so we
>bought a legal pellet stove and have had it running through a ton of
>pellets that I bought for $280.
>The pellets are said to be made of hardwood and make very little ash.
>I have been saving the ash and have only about 2 gallons of it from
>that half ton of pellets that we have burned so far.
>The ash looks strange. It is dark almost chocolate color and I
>suspect that it has charcoal in it from incomplete combustion. I will
>calcine some next time I do a bisque firing to see if it goes grey.
>Have not tried it yet in a glaze. Since Tozan in B.C. is down I have
>not done any cone 10 or wood firing. Mostly I have been doing
>research on decals - cone 013 firings.
>Fred
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>Twin Dragon Studio
>Mill Valley, CA, USA
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pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 2 jan 08
Hi Fred,
Fire some of it to ^ 10 on a small Bisque Saucer or in a little Bowl
something, and see what it does...
They might have used some sort of Clay as a binder in making the 'pellets'
from Saw Dust, and if so, there'd be a darned near a ready made Glaze
there...
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fredrick Paget"
>I calcined some of the ash Sunday and it stayed the same color.
> Still chocolate brown. I have never seen ash like this before.. I
> wonder what is in it to make the brown.
> Fred
>
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>>Our little valley town just outlawed our old wood stove and so we
>>bought a legal pellet stove and have had it running through a ton of
>>pellets that I bought for $280.
>>The pellets are said to be made of hardwood and make very little ash.
>>I have been saving the ash and have only about 2 gallons of it from
>>that half ton of pellets that we have burned so far.
>>The ash looks strange. It is dark almost chocolate color and I
>>suspect that it has charcoal in it from incomplete combustion. I will
>>calcine some next time I do a bisque firing to see if it goes grey.
>>Have not tried it yet in a glaze. Since Tozan in B.C. is down I have
>>not done any cone 10 or wood firing. Mostly I have been doing
>>research on decals - cone 013 firings.
>>Fred
>>--
>>Twin Dragon Studio
>>Mill Valley, CA, USA
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