Whiting?

My source of whiting dried up. My other source says it's made with
limestone. The old one said calcium carbonate. Is this still the same
stuff?

Liam

Limestone is calcium carbonate.

Mike

Yup, crush up a bunch of TUMS, same stuff, purity may be different, thats
why you don't get heartburn while cementing a window.


"Liam Striker" wrote in message
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My source of whiting dried up. My other source says it's made with
limestone. The old one said calcium carbonate. Is this still the same
stuff?

Liam

the stuff they make lines on football fields with is whiting, i believe.
read the label to make sure.

"Liam Striker" wrote in message
m...
My source of whiting dried up. My other source says it's made with
limestone. The old one said calcium carbonate. Is this still the same
stuff?

Liam

"Mike Aurelius" wrote in message
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Limestone is calcium carbonate.

Mike



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On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:33:04 GMT, "Liam Striker"
wrote:

My source of whiting dried up. My other source says it's made with
limestone. The old one said calcium carbonate. Is this still the same
stuff?

Liam


Hi Liam
I once worked in the glass trade and what you refer to as whiting
we used, Zedox its a form of very fine powder, It was also called
jewlers rouge. We used to mix it with water and apply it to a soft
wheel made of felt and move the glass over the wheel to polish the
surface of the glass, I hope this has been of some help.

Paul.......

must the same name for 2 different things. This is powdered calcium
carbinate. Mixed with boiled linseed oil, and terpentine, it makes the
putty that makes stained glass windows stiff, and waterproof.

Thanks
Liam

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"Liam Striker" wrote in message
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must the same name for 2 different things. This is powdered calcium
carbinate. Mixed with boiled linseed oil, and terpentine, it makes the
putty that makes stained glass windows stiff, and waterproof.

Thanks
Liam

Actually, it's "calcium carbonate". Call your local park department and ask
them where they buy the "chalk" they use to line the athletic fields. I
get 50# bags of the stuff for $3.00. You go into a SG store and they want
that much for a Ziplock bag full.

I know this will probably set "somebody" off, but the formula I use for
putty includes plaster. Playing with the ratios of turps and linseed oil
will adjust how fast the stuff will set up. IF you are in a real hurry,
add some Japan Dryer for even faster set-up.

On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 10:33:04 GMT, "Liam Striker"
wrote:

My source of whiting dried up.

Try a woodworker's shop - Liberon (a big vendor of finishing products)
sell it. More expensive than football field marking, but you know the
grinding and sieving has been careful.

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