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OfflineShRm22
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Vermiculite
    #7527265 - 10/17/07 11:08 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I was searching around for a place to buy vermiculite and found this at Lowe's. Is this the correct stuff? The title is Desa
Vermiculite for Vented Logs.



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Re: Vermiculite [Re: ShRm22]
    #7527268 - 10/17/07 11:10 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Thats coarse verm.. holds less water... and UTFSE


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Slimz]
    #7527293 - 10/17/07 11:20 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

so I need to get verm that is not ground up?


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: ShRm22]
    #7527298 - 10/17/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

no you need to get finer verm that stuff is a lottle coarse


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: ShRm22]
    #7527300 - 10/17/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

depends on what you are using it for......... ?


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: xaxphaanes]
    #7527471 - 10/17/07 12:07 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

All forms of vermiculite contain hazardous amounts of a specifically dangerous form of asbestos. Use something else.


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Somatic]
    #7527546 - 10/17/07 12:27 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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Somatic said:

All forms of vermiculite contain hazardous amounts of a specifically dangerous form of asbestos. Use something else.




this is just not true!~

please stop spreading mis-information about Vermiculite.

there is no asbestos in Vermiculite these days.

the mine in Libby Montana was shut down years ago!~


http://www.vermiculite.com


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Roadkill]
    #7527563 - 10/17/07 12:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Lol i dont know where they get this crap since in the same thread was information saying that all verm is ok now.what i meant was coarse verm was better for casing material and finer is better for rolling with cakes.


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: xaxphaanes]
    #7527582 - 10/17/07 12:37 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Somatic you should probably consider that a warning stranger...


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Slimz]
    #7529041 - 10/17/07 07:32 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I am planning on making cakes, so if I'm using it for that is this the right stuff? Also, would I be able to grind it up to make it a more fine material for dunking?


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Somatic]
    #7529250 - 10/17/07 08:42 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

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All forms of vermiculite contain hazardous amounts of a specifically dangerous form of asbestos. Use something else.




That's a lie. Vermiculite does not contain asbestos.


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: ShRm22]
    #7529264 - 10/17/07 08:48 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

You can throw as much as you need into a blender and it works fine.

I like buying the large bags of coarse rather than fine. You can't make coarse verm out of fine, but you can make fine out of coarse.:thumbup:.

Just be careful depending on how fine you want it, I personally find it doesn't take long at all and it works best for me if I stir it up after a few seconds to make sure I don't get all dust at the bottom while the chunks stay at the top. Turn off the blender first though...


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Techno_Raver]
    #7529272 - 10/17/07 08:51 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

so whats the verdict on this verm? Is it good for making cakes? Can it be ground up for fine verm to roll in?


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: ShRm22]
    #7529274 - 10/17/07 08:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

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ShRm22 said:
I am planning on making cakes, so if I'm using it for that is this the right stuff?




it'll work.


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: CtK]
    #7529275 - 10/17/07 08:52 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

I got my vermiculite at lowe's, it's called sta-green vermiculite, the guy said to me "let me know how they turn out" haha I was high as hell and it was so funny.


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Re: Vermiculite [Re: Caribou_Lou]
    #7529777 - 10/18/07 12:46 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Somatic is wrong and Roadkill is right: if it contained asbestos, you wouldn't even be able to by vermiculite at Lowes!

The Lowes by me sells verm in 8-quart or so bags, kept just inside or outside of the door to the outdoor garden department. (Perlite and various peat formulations are usually nearby, just so you know.) It works fine, I think. You want the horticultural variety, rather than the fireplace stuff.


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