ELIZABETH S. ANDERSON on fri 19 apr 96
The comments on scrap glazes seem to be based on the assumption that all
the scrap is in the same cone range. What about a bucket of scrap that
has ^06, ^3, and ^6 all dumped in? For example, some of the 06 stuff is
high in strontium--an ingredient not usually used at ^6. Any guesses on
results? (I was planning to use the thinned out scrap as weed killer in the
alley until this thread got going.)
Elizabeth
eanderso@du.edu
Louis Howard Katz on sun 21 apr 96
Actually the next NCECA newsaletter will probably have a short
description of what I do to fix up our scrap glazes here. I sent it off
last week. Basically, I
segragate the glaze sink from the clay sink, have a glaze washing bucket
to keep as much stuff out of the sink trap to begin with.
If the glaze runs and crazes try an addition of clay If that doesn't seem
to stop the running try more clay. If the running slows down but the
glaze still crazes try silica. If the glaze doesn't melt try whiting. If
you have too many gloss glazes in the studio use addtions of talc instead
of silica. Don't add expensive or environmental hazards to the glaze.
Give the glaze a flowery name, such as Moonlight over Montana.
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