Vegasheathen Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 here in las vegas ive been having problems finding rigidizer for my new forge to put on the ceramic insulation will imperial brand stove and fireplace cement work or should i keep searching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Welcome to IFI! If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!! Fireplace cement is useless for forges. For information about rigidizing insulation and installing hard refractory, check out the pinned posts at the beginning of this section. That's a good place to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Well you might not find it in Las Vegas New Mexico and have to drive to Albuquerque. If you are in Las Vegas Texas; or Las Vegas Arizona I can't help you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 If you look at the top banner here, you will see a section, Gas Forge Supplies, you can get everything you need there. If you edit your profile to show location, we won't have to ask all the time. 35 minutes ago, Vegasheathen said: las vegas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Call the local fiberglass or plastic supply. Colloidal / fumed silica is used as a thickener for polyester resin and is what we use as home brew rigidizer. I just got a couple pages of hits for Plastics in Vegas. From manufacturers to specialty and custom builders and suppliers. A couple phone calls will zero you in. The one other piece of advice I have is to ask for "HydroPHILLIC" colloidal silica. You want silica that mixes easily with water, the other kind doesn't like water at all. Colloidal and Fumed are pretty synonymous, the counter guys should know what you're asking for. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, Frosty said: HydroroPHILLIC" "Hydrophilic", actually. 2 minutes ago, Frosty said: the other kind Which is "hydrophobic". We don't normally get too fussy about spelling and grammar here on IFI, but it's occasionally for technical terms. Also, those of us with degrees in Ancient Greek like to show off the fact that we know that those two words mean "water-loving" and "water-fearing", respectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 And the correct term for ancient Greek term fearing? (Or should we just go clasp cold statues!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 Thanks for pointing out the misspelling, I even edited twice and missed it. I did NOT mention the wrong option by name on purpose as it seems to be human nature to remember the WRONG choice. I'm pretty sure "wrong" associates with DANGER in our hind brains so holds a faster track through the amygdala making it more likely to be recalled as the right decision. We've even discussed buying the wrong silica and how to work around the mistake. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: And the correct term for ancient Greek term fearing? (Or should we just go clasp cold statues!) Hellenophobia. Not to be confused with Helenophobia, which is the fear of people named Helen. And let's not forget that if Christopher Marlowe was correct that Helen's was "the face that launched a thousand ships", then the smallest unit of beauty is the millihelen: a face that would launch one ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 No microhelens or nanohelens? Beauty is quantized? How to judge the effects of spirituous liquors on it's perception? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted May 5, 2020 Share Posted May 5, 2020 2 hours ago, JHCC said: Not to be confused with Helenophobia, which is the fear of people named Helen. Wouldn't that be Helenphobia? THere is no need for a vowel before the ph. You have Cyberphobia for example. Conceded all those long list of something phobia are made up words anyway, and most do have an o before the ph ... still ... it can lead to confusion unless you refer to people named Heleno ... for example some people have Marcphobia. If you say Marcophobia that would be someone else ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Actually, “Helenaphobia” would be more correct, given that “Helenas” is the genative singular of “Helen”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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