Re: SB: Breaking up solid clay chunks

[Leonard Jones <ldjones@innotech.cnchost.com>]

Try putting a couple of shovelfuls at a time into a cement mixer along with some
good sized rocks...  It will work like a ball mill and break up the clay...
Then you can pass the clay thru a 1/4" screen and recover your big rocks.
Don't   try to do too much at one time...

Leonard Jones...

Dale Banks wrote:

> Does anyone have experience using a gravel compactor to break up solid
> chunks of dry clay?  Or any other methods besides super long soaking time or
> using a hammermill?  I have a few yards of dry chunks of clay (1/2" to 4 "
> diameter) mixed with sand from a vein at a local sand pit, makes great
> plaster but I need to break it down to 1/4" minus to finish my building.
> Using a concrete block to crush it is quite slow and tough on the aging
> back, so I was thinking of renting a compactor for a day.  Thoughts?
> Thanks.
>
> Dale Banks
>
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