Drying PP shop

[fbushaw]

Anyone willing to share some secrets on drying PP random width 5/4 shop??

[fbushaw]

Has anyone tried high temperature drying with PP 5/4 shop???

[Craig Jensen]

Fran Wagoner at the University of Idaho did some testing on that a few years back in their little pizza oven kiln.  They had issues with stain at high temperature.

Have never dried it here.

Craig J.

[fbushaw]

Thanks for the reply Craig. They are getting ready to run some PP shop in the new Lewiston mill, and they were just asking for some help. I dried alot of shop when I worked at CFI in Kooskia, but they have a way different set up down there.

How are things going for you up North anyways??

[Craig Jensen]

Going well up here Francis, thanks for asking.

Earl Britt (retired from one of Frank Bennet's mills north of Moscow) dried a lot of shop, and experimented with high temperature as well.  Used to be chair of the Inland Empire Dry Kiln Association, but I don't have contact info for him.  Your nalco rep knows him, and could probably get the two of you in touch. . .

Craig