[TheForge] Vermiculite

[Mike Payson]

Googling for Vermiculite turns up several sources for it online.
You'll have to pay shipping, but fortunately it is pretty light.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Bob Ehrenberger<eforge at centurytel.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the information,  I don't want to get into something that will
> break down even faster.  I have used wood ash in the past but didn't like
> the mess.
>
> I did find a nursery that has vermiculite, but only in large amounts. I had
> hoped to get a couple small bags but will get the large bag if that is all
> that is available.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>
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> Robert:
> I'd read that they discovered asbestos in some of the vermiculite.
> Also i think it's absorbs more water than the perlite.
> Perlite tends to break down into powder a little faster than vermiculite
> when i've used it. Tend to think of it as, silicosis in a bag.
> Being cheap, i use fine , light colored fireplace ash for that.
>
> Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I have a barrel of vermiculite that I use to anneal tools and knives.
>> Over
>> the years the vermiculite has gotten compacted and is only about half full
>> now.  I wanted to get some more to top it off and have discovered that it
>> is
>> no longer available at most farm  & home stores like it used to be.
>>
>> It seems that most of the gardening departments have switched to perlite
>> instead of vermiculite.  Have any of you used perlite for annealing?  Does
>> it work as well and vermiculite? Would it hurt to mix it with the
>> vermiculite that I have left?
>>
>> Robert Ehrenberger
>> Shelbyville, Mo.
>> eforge at centurytel.net
>>
>>
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