Thread: Bentonite Clay stropping dust

This taken from somewhere>> "Bentonite clay is often derived from prehistoric volcanic ash that erupted into the sky and then fell down into water bodies around the world. Over time, these bodies of water evaporated and exposed beds of bentonite clay, rich in numerous minerals including magnesium, silica, iron, calcium and potassium."

You certainly don't want to just eat it and I would suspect that every bag of it is not the same. It would all depend on where the volcano was and what the ash fell on and maybe how it was gathered. I wouldn't breath to much of it either. We used it to bore pipe under streets during traffic hours and to minimize trenching. Mixed it with the water and pumped it through. It became sort of gelatinous and didn't soak in the ground as fast as plain water. Slippery when wet.

Sounds like a good experiment but I bet there are a lot of variables.

Who's next?

I had a 50# bag of it. Still have probably 10#. Bentonite Clay is also used for sealing up around water well casings and to seal leaky farm ponds.

And i put it in my shaving soap. Didn't originally, but found out that it really helps my deer tallow special.

Ran across a small bag of diatomaceous earth I forgot i had as well. (It was for fleas. Chemicals work better dangit.)

Pondering out loud, and have free materials (free is sometimes good) Figgered it had already been discussed here. revival.