[KwartzLab] source for graphite bricks?

[doug moen]

That's my impression as well.  A typical firing temperature for bricks
is 1800 °F, whereas I need graphite because regular Aluminum Oxide
fire bricks melt at the > 3000 °F temperatures that I will be
generating.  So Unilock probably doesn't use graphite bricks.  I do
have a fire brick from S & S pottery supplies that I'll use for my
first test run, I'm researching graphite because the fire brick
probably won't hold up.

On 22 August 2011 16:40, Kevin Martin <kpmartin at thinkage.ca> wrote:
> I thought their products were concrete bricks, which do not require firing. On the other hand, Arriscraft (south of Guelph) makes angelstone, and I don't know if that requires firing.
> In any case I expect their kilns would be lined with clay brick, not graphite...
>
> -Kevin Martin
>  the Papertrail Handmade Paper & Book Arts
>  New Dundee, Ontario
>  518-884-7123
>  www.papertrail.ca
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca [mailto:discuss-bounces at kwartzlab.ca] On Behalf Of Andrew Netherton
>
> I wonder if Unilock might be a good source... they make bricks down on
> Hwy 97/Cedar Creek Rd.  I'm sure they must reline their ovens once in
> a while or replace broken refractory bricks...  Just a thought if you
> wanted to try for a freebie source.
>
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