Chuck

All right.

Well, let's talk porcelain because porcelain isn't something I really knew much about until I did this research.

And porcelain, as it turns out, you might know this, you might not, is a type of ceramic.

It's a subset of ceramics.

What?

They are both made of clay and they're both kiln-fired.

But porcelain clay has a much higher density and it's fired longer and at higher temperatures.

Okay.

And thusly is much more durable, has very high performance characteristics, and it's, you know, porcelain is that super hard mixing bowl that you got from your grandmother that, like, you can't break.

Well, you can't break them, but just super hardy, super dense, non-porous, clay-like material.

Yeah, toilets.

Yeah, and that's usually going to be like that mixing bowl, like tableware is usually that kaolin.

Very, very fine particle size.

It's super durable, like we were talking about, and not permeable by any liquid.

Just try it again.

And, you know, when we're talking firing temperatures, we'll get to a couple of different kinds of porcelain, but it can go up to 2300 degrees Fahrenheit, about 1260 Celsius.

And it kind of just depends on...

the what you're making it for.

Like, is it a toilet or is it a mixing bowl or is it fine china?

Yeah, because I've worked with porcelain tile where you can do that.