Clay Cat Litter
Hi all, I have a question that has probably never been asked before: is clay-based cat litter usable as content for casting slip? I ask this because it's cheaper and I can buy it from a local store rather than order my usual clay online and have to pay an exorbitant delivery fee. I like to experiment so was going to make something small to see what would happen but I also thought I'd put the question out there in case anyone had actually tried this. Thanks in advance!
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Your product says it is Australian bentonite, but we have both the sodium and calcium bentonite (aka Fullers Earth) here in Oz, so you would have to know which one it is. Search sodium bentonite and calcium bentonite on these forums and there is plenty of discussion.
Have to say that in my experience/research cat litter is usually the calcium bentonite variety. Calcium bentonite is plenty plastic, but not sure how much that will matter for slip casting?
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