metakaolin vs silica fume
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Comments (3)Does the word "today" in your second line above go with just "one itty bitty one" or do you mean you have made 2 largest, 4 med, 3 small and one bitty ALL today?? It is 97 degrees here with humidity close to 100 % and enough pollen to close all your air holes. If it is so pleasant in Canada that you can make 10 balls in one day I am moving! Laura...See MoreWhite cement discussion
Comments (12)Plopplop --- I'll jump in here too. I used to routinely use white Portland for sculpting and what I call "micro-clumps" are both a consistent and aggrevating problem. Yes...Houston, Texas tends to be a little on the humid side ( as in 140% humidity, year 'round), but I've bought two different brand-name products from high-volume commercial distributors who turn their inventory quickly...and it's still a problem. Especially with any mix that employs integral or surface applied oxide colors. The annoying little white clumps show up on the surface uncombined with the integral color. ARRRGHH! I spent a month or so running controlled tests before I could confirm the source of the problem...and it definitely is the white Portland. I've just about given up on it as it seems to be insurmountable by any of my mixing methods. So...if anyone has a fix for this...please let us know what it is. Otherwise, I'm sticking with my (very) light gray. Tango...See MoreA couple of new things
Comments (26)Creteman, come on over. We have property near Greenbank that I have not been to for a few years. My husband was over there a couple weeks ago, things have grown up so much. Do you ever go on the Whidbey garden tour?, it sounds fantastic. Cindy, This morning the Northwest Arboretum garden judges are coming here (8 of them).......Should be very interesting, I think I am a very little Tetra swirled into the bigger ocean. I did this as a challenge to myself, and can see already where I/the garden could use some good solid education behind me, but that is after I retire and will take the Master Gardeners program. The draw back to their visit is that they do not share the critique with you, and I REALLY wanted that. Now back to the real discussion A couple of New things. I love the jagged edge spheres!!!!! and Creteman, would love to see your work, however there was an internal error so could not go beyond the first pic. Dena...See Moremosaic bench
Comments (48)Hey Cindy, your bench turned out just gorgeous. Gads, you're good at this cement stuff! I read your responses to my questions (thank you!!) before I moved on with my balls, but then never made it back to the forum. I had one of those D'oh! moments when I read your idea about filling with styrofoam. Of course! I used your idea, then coated the top of each half with my mortar, then smooshed the halves together. It worked great, so thank you! Now a couple more questions: are you messing around with that one guy's "My Mud" recipe (from the Hypertufa forum)? I'm asking, because the metakaolin and silica fume sounds really familiar, but it's been a long long time since I read about it. I don't really know what they do, though-- add strength or are they for surface finish texture? The fibers are something I've been looking to find, but haven't had any luck yet. Seems to me they are the perfect way to go for some of these projects. Thanks Cindy! Nancy...See More- 18 years ago
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