Emily Muench on sat 27 sep 97
Hello,
I would like to know how you feel about grinding glaze drips on the bottom of
mugs. I try to use less glaze but somehow I often still have some glaze run
onto the shelf! I have a very good grinder and am able to make the area
smooth to the touch, but can I still sell the mugs? and expect people to find
them acceptable? I'd like to hear from you......thank you! Em
Dannon Rhudy on sat 27 sep 97
It seems that you would be best off to alter your glaze, or alter
your firing temperature, or the thickness of glaze or how close
you glaze to the foot. Grinding all the time is time consuming
and tiresome, and often the appearance of the mug will be
unappealing.
The only way that you will know whether people "find them
acceptable" will be to try selling them. Perhaps a more important
question would be whether YOU find it acceptable to sell them,
with your signature on there. Depends on lots of things, and
should give you food for thought.
Dannon Rhudy
potter@koyote.com
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Hello,
I would like to know how you feel about grinding glaze drips on
the bottom of
mugs. I try to use less glaze but somehow I often still have some
glaze run
onto the shelf! I have a very good grinder and am able to make the
area
smooth to the touch, but can I still sell the mugs? and expect
people to find
them acceptable? I'd like to hear from you......thank you! Em
Bruce Fontaine on mon 29 sep 97
I tried grinding bottoms, but with mixed results. It probably depends on the
glaze formula that you are using but what has been working for me is when I
wipe off the bottoms (wax resisted first) I let the sponge take a slight
amount off the adjascent edge. It is still covered and when the glaze starts
to flux down there isn't alot of buildup resulting in that blobular mess at
the bottom after firing. Good luck!
ray carlton on mon 29 sep 97
At 02:07 27/09/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>Hello,
>I would like to know how you feel about grinding glaze drips on the bottom of
>mugs. I try to use less glaze but somehow I often still have some glaze run
>onto the shelf! I have a very good grinder and am able to make the area
>smooth to the touch, but can I still sell the mugs? and expect people to find
>them acceptable? I'd like to hear from you......thank you! Em
>
>hi em I'm wondering if you feel that grinding pots is a problem
I purposely run a lot of glaze over my work and off the bottom and then
grind it all back I have been using this technique for about 5 years and
obtain stunning results and my clients don't care about the grinding. if
you want more details email me
by the way you MUST wear goggles dust mask{heavy duty industrial}and ear muffs
while grinding
raycarlt@valylink.net.au
Ray Carlton
17 Reefton Drive
McMahons Creek Victoria Australia 3799
0359668443
Karen Gringhuis on mon 29 sep 97
Emily - hellow again. If your grinding is as smooth as you say, I
would sell the mugs as firsts. Are you able to polish up the surface
a bit once you're gound it down?
I have just invested in an expanding drum sander rig w/ interchangeable
belts - so I hope to accomplish the same goal as you. Have you
tried the little fine groove at the bottom edge of your pieces
which acts as & is called a glaze stop? If your glazes are runny,
the term may be too optimistic. (Yes, I've screwed up & had
glazes run right past it!) But it usually does the trick for
me.
Ultimately you just use your good judgement. Karen Gringhuis
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