Plainsman clay

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No tracking! No ads! All Glossary. A small clay mining and processing company located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada. Plainsman makes dry and pugged clay bodies for potters, hobbyists and schools in the west. It is the only company in North America among about 45 that mines its own clay to make most of these products.

Plainsman clay

Login Account Contact. Search Catalog. View Catalog. Product Info Sheets. Safety Data Sheets. Plainsman Clays has long specialized in the production of plastic clay bodies, both from the materials we mine ourselves and from imported refined minerals. We make translucent porcelains having a wide range of plasticities and working properties, firing temperatures from C and up and fired properties differing degrees of whiteness, translucency, thermal expansion and hardness. We have the experience necessary to produce quality and consistent porcelains: it is alot about knowing which materials are most appropriate from the many choices available and about great diligence in testing and responsive adaptation to the changing properties of the materials. These are very popular in industry as a way to save energy since they fire at low temperatures , for aesthetic purposes, and as a way to make strong and durable ware at the lowest possible temperatures eg. The ceramic tile industry uses huge amounts of terra cotta clays in single fire vitrifying processes. Making high quality ware with these bodies is a technical challenge. Glaze crazing and shivering, leaching, efflorescence, warping and bloating in the kiln, glaze adherence, etc are common issues. Diligence and know-how are required to be able to test and adjust terra cotta body recipes over a period of time to keep them consistent for your production department since terra cotta raw materials are generally more inconsistent in working and firing properties.

Premixed powder and water are fed into the main mixing chamber by a screw conveyor at the far end, plainsman clay. To the left of this picture is our main warehouse and shipping area 2 for full semi-trailer load shipments and receipt of full loads of minerals and equipment.

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Mid-temperature, finely ground and smooth, very plastic, semi-vitreous, dark red brown burning native body for functional ware. These fired bars show the progression of color from cone 4 bottom to cone 8 top. M fires dark red and is the material of choice for dark burning functional ware. It contains more of our native Redstone material than any other body. It is one of several bodies that we process to 60 mesh particle size and is intended to produce ware with a clean, unblemished glaze surface. M is very similar in composition to M and shares the very fine natural smooth character. It is however more plastic. Its darker color tends to limit it to specialized glaze effects. M contains 5 different clays, each of which is quite balanced on its own.

Plainsman clay

Login Account. Search Catalog. View Catalog. Normal Hours of Operation Mon-Fri: 8am Contact Page. Safety Data Sheets. Services and Info. Plainsman Clays has long specialized in the production of plastic clay bodies, both from the materials we mine ourselves and from imported refined minerals.

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Over the years Plainsman has maintained focus on supplying clay for pottery resisting pressure to develop other markets that would distract from that. For some colors it can thus be an advantage to make your own underglazes. It feeds a vibrating screen not visible that removes paper and other contaminants. These will only last a few months and will receive another shipment. M2 is a dark red burning, middle temperature, moderate plasticity , low contaminant stoneware clay. Saturday 24th February The incredible plasticity of bentonite. We keep all kinds of equipment and supplies in stock also in other storage areas , having a total value exceeding that of the clay. Product Info Sheets. Making high quality ware with these bodies is a technical challenge. For wet clay bodies the screen feeds hoppers on the other side of the wall, they in turn feed the pugmill.

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It turned out poorly - crawling from corners and looking thin and washed out. We have more experience with these types of bodies than any other. Context: Melt flow test demonstrates.. The cone 6 mug on the left has the GA glaze , applied as a dipping glaze. This exposes as much surface as possible to the vacuum. We make translucent porcelains having a wide range of plasticities and working properties, firing temperatures from C and up and fired properties differing degrees of whiteness, translucency, thermal expansion and hardness. Terracotta bodies These are very popular in industry as a way to save energy since they fire at low temperatures , for aesthetic purposes, and as a way to make strong and durable ware at the lowest possible temperatures eg. Context: Same glaze on black.. No tracking! The clay body is M But it comes at a cost. The vast majority of its products are sold wholesale through a dealer and store network. We have the experience necessary to produce quality and consistent porcelains: it is alot about knowing which materials are most appropriate from the many choices available and about great diligence in testing and responsive adaptation to the changing properties of the materials. Yet that glaze , GA6-C , on the smooth body is covered with blister remnants while the same glaze on the coarse body is glassy smooth they were in the same firing. Login Account.