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lumpy zinc oxide

updated fri 26 jun 98

 

David Hendley on thu 25 jun 98

At 04:34 PM 6/24/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>June 24, 1998
>
>Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
>through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
>impossible to put through a sieve?


Yes, it was discussed on Clayart last year.
If you have or can find a ball mill, a couple o' hours of dry milling will
do the trick.

David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas


> I put mine into an old Waring
>Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
>cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
>powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
>30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
>new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
>
>Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
>