[TheForge] Vermiculite

[Bruce Freeman]

Try turning a torch onto a few pieces of the vermiculite to see
whether it swells again.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Bob Ehrenberger<eforge at centurytel.net> 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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Bruce
NJ

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