Jeremy/Bonnie Hellman on sun 15 sep 96
Hello Clayarters-
Linda Arbuckle's discussion of glazes falling out of full even suspension
despite not being frozen brings to mind a question about survival of glazes
when frozen.
In Sepember I left several different glazes (all cone 6 oxidation glazes
from Clayart!) in large plastic containers where they will winter in an
unheated basement in an unheated house in Colorado. They'll definitely
freeze (probably in December) and then begin to defost in April (maybe). I
have no other place to store them, and I'm hoping that by using those
heavy 5 gallon containers with lots of expansion room that I'll be able to
re-sieve the glazes and use them in the summer.
Has anyone had experience with frozen/defrosted glazes? (I did find a
heated home for a pint of wax which clearly said not to freeze.)
TIA Bonnie
Elca Branman on mon 16 sep 96
I have had glazes frozen, thawed and refrozen and thawed and never had
any problems except having to use my jiffy mixer on them....Elca Branman
Roger Gallardo on tue 28 jan 97
Concerning the questions about the effect of freezing on glaze...
Last winter we had a truckload of clay and glaze slide off an icy
highway in Ohio end up in a snow bank for 36 hours. It was one of
those bitterly cold days last January, and the results were inevitable
- tons of frozen clay and glaze. The clay had to either be repugged
or wedged prior to use, but the glaze, once throughly mixed with the
gallon size Jiffy Mixer was "as good as new."
We have since performed some additional testing in our lab - first
freezing different types of glaze, then thawing it and mixing it
throughly. In every case the glaze performed well. If you've had any
experiences with frozen glazes which provided different results, let
me know what you have found.
Roger Gallardo
Technical Advisor
Laguna Clay Co., CA
Edward Cowell on sat 23 jan 99
Can I expect any problems from glazes that have been frozen and thawed?
Laurie Cowell,
Waterloo, Ontario
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