Source for kiln brick?

[lochsa]

Looking for a supplier of kiln brick (like what comes in an AIM kiln) that is in the Northwest, and best possible price. AIM wants an arm and a leg for their bricks. Thanks.

[NUBBLET]

look for a pottery shop .

[Conchis]

look on the internet under refractory brick. there's lots of places, but be forewarned....these bricks are expensive beyond what you would think...they contain high concentrations of alumina and have to be fired at extremely high temperatures and so they are pretty spendy. Fortunately you won't need many of them.

[Greymatter Glass]

I was getting them for about $3/brick at ETS Schaefer

http://www.etsschaefer.com/home.htm


(yes, their website sucks, you'll have to call them)

[Wierdeer]

seattle pottery sells them by the brick or case

[gwacie]

There's a place in Michigan here that has great prices - small shop but super folks.

http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?tuid=20916687&tcat=25978108&city=Oak+Park&state=MI&zip=48237&uzip=48237&msa=2160&slt=42.459721&sln=-83.183212&cs=5&stat=:pos:3:regular:regT:20:fbT:0

You could look up similar businesses in your local area. That link is the yahoo yellow pages listing for the business

[gwacie]

They also have fiber blanket in different thickness, fiber paper (if you play with fusing stuff) fiber boards etc.

[jiminyrootkit]

a soft firebrick should be $3-4 at any ceramic/pottery supply place. $5 tops.
not like fucking pottery barn, like a potters shop.
almost always about 9"x2"x4"
there may be different grades, for a glass kiln i have no idea why you'd ever want to break 2000F, so you can get the lower temp bricks.....usually cheaper.
-f

[Roger K]

Check out these guys in SW Massachusetts. They have a pretty good website with a lot of stuff.

http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/

[Greymatter Glass]

For building kilns you want at minimum 2300 degree bricks. The elements themselves get up to over 2000 when they're on, so you need a brick that can handle that temp at the element's face. No need for hard bricks, but I'd go for 2300. The 2800 bricks aren't much more and will last longer.

That site Roger posted is a great find if you need less than a few cases of bricks (best price I've seen) but if you need more than say 150-200 bricks I'd still check with ETS-Schaefer.

You can also do a google search for refractories in your area.

-Doug

[jiminyrootkit]

yeh, i meant like k24 (2400f)bricks, that's about the lowest i've ever seen at a ceramics shop.... of course i've only bought them from brackers in lawrence cause they're close to me.
-f

[glassfreek]

high temp in portland 2.50 for a k2300

Mike

[full_kiln]

try tractor supply they have fire brick every now and then

[Abe Fleishman]

Check these guy out.
http://www.insulatingfirebrick.com/
I also buy all my brick from High Temp.
Talk to Jeff

[SoberstoneGlass]

http://www.clayartcenter.net/ 1 800 952-8030
they are up in tacoma.
search for k23 soft brick.

they give a discount based on how many you need.
Qty Discounts New Price
1-24 $5.10
25-249 $3.80
250+ $3.30

[Cali-Nick]

CMOG has been doing furnace rebuilds and on last inspection their dumpsters are full of perfectly good brick, both hard and soft.

[Nomad]

If your not looking for a lot of soft brick I go to Cermic Supply of New York and New Jersey.www.7ceramic.com/

http://ceramicsupplyinc.com/soft-insulating-fire-brick.aspx

[sevores]

Seattle pottery supply. They custom built my kiln, but also sell all the supplies to make your own.

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