SupaConducta Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I'm running into a problem finding a rigidizer dealer. It can't freeze so many people including Glenn cannot ship it right now. I found one company, High temp Tools, but they are backordered. I am looking for somebody local-ish to the Gulf coast who has rigidizer in stock. Hopefully close enough where it wouldn't be sent a hub city like Louisville that is freezing. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 First I've heard of rigidizer not being able to freeze. If it's shipped dry and unmixed, what's the problem? I have a plastic tub of dry silica in my shop, where it frequently gets below freezing. I've not had any problems with using it even after two or three nasty winters. Now, colloidal silica that's been mixed with water certainly cannot be allowed to freeze, as this causes clumping. That's a different matter, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Yes the dry powder is what you need; you just mix it with water and a drop or two of food coloring to show you missed spots. The dry powder is good a couple of hundred degrees below freezing to a couple of hundred degrees above freezing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Centigrade, Fahrenheit, or Réaumur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Kevin Bacon of course! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 He went to the same school where I met my future wife a few years later. Never met him, but had some of the same teachers; this makes me two degrees of Kevin Bacon. On the other hand, I once met the playwright John Guare at a wedding reception; this makes me one degree of separation from the author of "Six Degrees of Separation". (Now I'm wondering how many degrees of separation there are between John Guare and Kevin Bacon. Certainly no more than three.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 It turns out that Pastors are a great shortcut across country/countries when playing that game; especially in a hierarchal church setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 That is true; that's why I'm only a couple of degrees of separation from Vladimir Putin. Also, if Noah had added a couple more decks to his boat, he would also have had a higher ark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Ahh that higher Ark would have been the Key to having unicorns today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 There were a couple of earlier versions of the Ark, but they were rejected because their frames had minutely different angles. These were known as the Ark Seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 When they got the correct one built it was known as the ark de triomphe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 I think the Triomphe was a British motorcycle built in France. On the other hand, the only thing having to do with a French automaker that Noah had to deal with was Rain, no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Did they make that Peugeot Sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 They tried, but you see, it just waved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 The unjust WAVES and WACS are the ones to watch out for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 For a geologic spin: What Noah used for firefighting was an arkose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 And when he told his son to "go for wood" it was miswritten and has been to this day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 And when Noah went forth from the Ark, who went fifth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 We know that Noah drank the fifth, it was the Genesis of a lot of goings on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Okay, I backed into that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Cloaked yourself in shame? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Just hamming it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Regarding the original question. I bought a pail of commercial rigidizer the first time I rigidized ceramic blanket and will NEVER do that again. The stuff had a limited 6mos. shelf life and about 48 hrs after opening. Freezing killed it immediately. What I use now is colloidal silica I bought a quart can at the local plastics supply for under $8. Fumed silica is one method of making silica particles fine enough to stay suspended in water without settling out. = Colloidal. Most plastics supplies carry it by the 55gl. drum it's used to thicken resins and plaster. Mixed it in a clean spritzer bottle with some clean fresh water. If you add a couple drops of food coloring it will be easy to see how well and evenly you've covered the ceramic blanket. You don't even need to let it dry before curing it with the forge burner or a butane torch, dull red is plenty. Oh yeah, remember to butter the blanket before spritzing with rigidizer. Buttering is an old mason practice of wetting things to be set in mortar or similar process. The wet fibers cause the rigidizer to flow down the strands and collect at intersections. When cured the rigidizer sticks the intersections together, making it less likely fibers will break loose and become a breathing hazard. Spritzing it onto dry blanket will cause it to flash dry and not only not flow very deeply into the blanket but it won't bond well. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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