Subject: Re: took me 25 years to figure this one out!

From: Charles Lamont <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 22:33:34 +0100

JHrisoulas writes

>generic type of cat litter (the unscented stuff)

This is "fuller's earth", I believe.
-- 
Charles

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From: [email-masked] (Jim Janecek)
Date: 23 Jul 1996 20:01:55 GMT

> This is "fuller's earth", I believe.

"Fuller's Earth" is an all-encompassing term for any type of diamtomaceous
earth.  They are normally clays and clay-like compounds.
However the term "Fuller's Earth" is normally not used for cat-litter
sized particles.
It is used for the more powdery versions.

"Fuller's Earth" is used to thicken paint and as a base for some cosmetics.
It is also used as filtering media for pools.

In LA, a 50# bag can be obtained for about $15.
In chicago, the same bag costs about $120 (if you can find it)

Unless you're in LA, the cat litter is cheaper and easier to obtain.

-- 
Jim Janecek

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From: jack yates <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 02:14:27 -0700

> Unless you're in LA, the cat litter is cheaper and easier to obtain.

Cat litter is actually Gawga Clay (they're digging our state up and 
shipping it all over the world)...the same substance is found in Oil-Dri 
or Speedy-Dri for about 3 bucks a bag...I've slow-cooled many a piece of 
fresh welded cast iron in a 5-gal bucjet of the stuff....