A couple of answers please

[Ward69]

1) The dry blowers. In the bottom carpet. Is there any static electricity? Been playing around with flour gold and it sticks to a balloon that's been rubbed over the carpet.
2) old casted iron bathtub. What's the white coating called? Thinking its porcelain. What's porcelain made from, Washing out buckets. (House cleaner) not happy. But flour gold sticks to it and won't move Doesn't matter how much water to flush over it Still thinking its all about static.

Is there a scientist among us.

Thanks Mark

 

[savage bitter]

old bath tubs would be enamel and if you run a dry blower at night you do see small sparks jumping around very faint if that helps

 

[Ward69]

Static. Hmm thinking outside of box. Now.

 

[diggit]

Static?

Are you positive?

 

[AngerManagement]

Static?

Are you positive?

ROFLMFAO

Negative but maybe that is why

Sorry - bad jokes = been a long and hard day..

 

[Reg Wilson]

The coating on old cast iron bathtubs is porcelain enamel. Applied under heat. Porcelain is made from kaolin (pipe clay). There is a kaolin mine west of Linton in Victoria.
From memory the melting temp for kaolin is about 1450 C. Used for making 'dunnies' among other things.
Just remembered. The mine is at Pittong.

 

[Northeast]

Thanks Reg and - taught me something for the day :Y:

 

[Ward69]

Pipe clay. Been to Pittong. Shot foxes next door. So there's a relationship porcelain Gold can't go past it Sticks to it Hmm. Thinking about it. There is a negative and a positive in molecular structure that holds the gold therefor a static charge

Researching more now. Need to get down to molecules on how the discharge on static is fired Thinking outside of box.

Thanks. Mark

 

[Ded Driver]

gold is diamagnetic, & (especially fine gold or flour) this makes it attract to items carrying a static charge.

 

[Wishfull]

Lightning we need more lighting!
Mmmm is that right ? :|

 

[1968falconxt]

Yes dry blowers can have a static charge when run right. The Keene dry blower cloth does a great job of holding onto flour gold dust.

 

[Occasional_panner]

The updated Keene 140s has more plastic incorporated to increase the static.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oinXbQnoyY

 

[grumpygold]

you can buy the porcelin paint now from most hardware places, for refinishing tiles and bath tubs, used it plenty times, either dry with a heat lamp or leave in sum for a week to harden up. very good product, maybe ok for what you need. :Y:

 

[hAyyoUinAU]

Yes, just as iron is attracted to magnets. According to google. LOL

 

[Ridge Runner]

They were Enamel, and you can still buy Tubs made of it but they are about 3x the price of a plastic/fibreglass tub, same as those old White wash bowls and jugs.

My Bath Tub is made from it, freezes ya Bum if you sit on it after you just got out of a hot bath,lol :argh:

 

[Ward69]

Will go a buy some paint and try it. Using same logic as a wash table, where they use the green paint Will try wood, the steel, etc.

With the static. Any ideas ?

 

[Ward69]

I like hear the oldes stories. Eg. My father from Bunyinong "Ballarat" that is Grandfather worked the old mines around the area, but couldn't find the main source of the gold, as it keeps moving. The full moon, moves the gold. As anyone heard of the story of lunar gold
Thinking its all got to do with static electricity