Nylon fibers in clay?

Hi

Been reading and read about adding nylon fibers to clay that you will be
making slabs out of, in order to strengthen the slabs.

But..... nylon melts, doesn't it? I don't get this at all!

Marianne

"Bubbles" writes:
Been reading and read about adding nylon fibers to clay that you will be
making slabs out of, in order to strengthen the slabs.

But..... nylon melts, doesn't it? I don't get this at all!

It does, but it burns off in the bisque.

The nylon just strengthens the slabs until they are bisqued.

--
Richard W Kaszeta

http://www.kaszeta.org/rich

i've been messing with saw dust added to clay, and get VERY strong
structure from the clay!

it burns out, and leaves a very ragged-earthy result as well.

see ya

steve

Hi,
If you have used paper/flax clay I'm sure you're aware of the fumes
given off, these must surely be more toxic when using nylon!
If it's possible to use nylon without too much risk of breathing in
nasty fumes, it would be a great way of using up the fluff that gathers
in laundry dryer filter.

"plodder" wrote in message
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Hi,
If you have used paper/flax clay I'm sure you're aware of the fumes
given off, these must surely be more toxic when using nylon!
If it's possible to use nylon without too much risk of breathing in
nasty fumes, it would be a great way of using up the fluff that gathers
in laundry dryer filter.

Now THERE's an idea! I always wondered if that could by any chance become
useful! So you mean the fibres just burn away during bisque firing - and you
don't necessarily have to have a lot of nylon clothes to make it work? I
have a lot of cotton and other natural fibres - probably less fumes too!
HMMMM!!! Maybe you just suggested a breakthrough!

Marianne - very curious!

you might want some volume of the inert material such as nylon fibers.

my saw dust clay is composed of about 50-50 sawdust & clay. my next
batch i'll do a higher volume blend of the saw dust stuff. (50-50 by
compacted volume).

~ i hope you don't have that much collection coming off your clothing.


see ya

steve