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Well rub that in my face. DON'T LISTEN TO THE N00B!"
IForgeIron is a family forum and will not tolerate personal attacks toward anyone. Noob or not, your posts are read and the information is given due consideration.
At this point in the discussion, please post any references to back up your side of the discussion, "
All sand is silica sand. sand is silicon dioxide". This way we can go to the reference and read it. This is the reason Thomas posted he has a BS degree in Geology, as a reference for his statement.
I would be very interested in the "right or proper" sand for use as a flux. It has been suggested to use a mud dabbers next as flux. As soon as the summer is over, I plan to collect some of the nests and try forge welding with the material just to see if and how it works.
A quick google search turned up
silica sand,
black sand,
green sand,
calcareous sand, and
industrial sand. None were mentioned for forge welding. Now I need help figuring out which sand to use, and if it is better or as good as borax and other fluxes for forge welding.