"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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Can someone tell me where I might get some of the paper/card used for
shielding the bulbs in table lamps? What's the type of card actually
called??
I want to make some lamps but want to ensure they don't burn the
house down!
Cheers,
M
Try a Artist/hobby shop preferably the larger stores.
To be honest I don't think its a special card? the light wattage has to be
low when using card,so as to keep the heat at minimium.
--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite
This brings up a vague memory of reading about fireproofing paper in a 1930s
DIY book. A quick Google suggests that Sodium Silicate 'Waterglass' is the
stuff you want - no idea where you get it from!
water glass or soluble glass, colorless, transparent, glasslike substance
available commercially as a powder or as a transparent, viscous solution in
water. Chemically it is sodium silicate , potassium silicate, or a mixture
of these. It is prepared by fusing sodium or potassium carbonate with sand
or by heating sodium or potassium hydroxide with sand under pressure. Water
glass is very soluble in water, but the glassy solid dissolves slowly, even
in boiling water. Water glass has adhesive properties and is fire resistant.
It is used as a detergent; as a cement for glass, pottery, and stoneware;
for fireproofing paper, wood, cement, and other substances; for fixing
pigments in paintings and cloth printing; and for preserving eggs (it fills
the pores in the eggshell, preventing entrance of air).
Andy