You must test before you use it, at any scale. Raw materials, mined or man-made, are not consistent. Color, strength, particle size and chemistry can change from one bag to the next and from one supplier to another, even when the name on the bag stays the same. Before you use this material in a glaze, slip or clay body of any size, mix a small test batch, fire it on your own clay in your own kiln, and check the results.
DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEALTH & SAFETY OF
CRYSTALLINE SILICA IN YOUR WORKPLACE?
If you do have these concerns, RESCO Products’ ALKATROL and PYROTROL are proven
alternatives to the use of silica flour in many ceramic applications. Whiteware, Dinnerware,
Sanitary Ware, Ceramic Tile, Brick, and other Ceramic industries have successfully used
our PYROTROL and/or ALKATROL in place of silica flour, and have reduced their
crystalline silica exposure.
- Fires Very White in Color
- Higher Fired Strength
- Lowers Thermal Expansion
- Widens Firing Range
- Reduces Warping
- Improves Thermal Shock Resistance
- Alkali content of Alkatrol helps Lower
- Firing Temperature
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