Tiggerbus on sun 16 feb 97
I bought an almost brand new kiln that is about 20 years old and has been
in storage and is great! It was never fired to max temp and the brick
looks just like new!!! All for only 75.00 dollars!!!
Well the Kiln came with 300 jars of old Duncan glazes and some are still
moist! Some of the glazes have to be from the late 60's! Does anyone
believe that by adding water will make them come back to new? I am
assuming that most of the liquid content was at one time water!
If you have any information on old glazes or Duncan glazes please let me
know! I would greatly apprecitate it!
email : tiggerbus@aol.com
thanks a lot
Amer
Kirk Morrison on tue 18 feb 97
On 16 Feb 97 at 11:42, Tiggerbus wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I bought an almost brand new kiln that is about 20 years old and has been
> in storage and is great! It was never fired to max temp and the brick
> looks just like new!!! All for only 75.00 dollars!!!
>
>
> Well the Kiln came with 300 jars of old Duncan glazes and some are still
> moist! Some of the glazes have to be from the late 60's! Does anyone
> believe that by adding water will make them come back to new? I am
> assuming that most of the liquid content was at one time water!
>
> If you have any information on old glazes or Duncan glazes please let me
> know! I would greatly apprecitate it!
>
Had a similar experience a few months back revived some of the glazes
others I didn't by adding water go slow with the water additions and
use a marble or to to break up the clumps try to guess how much water
to add by how much solids are there.
Kirk
WHampton@aol.com on tue 18 feb 97
Hi,
I also bought a couple of boxes of old Duncan glazes from a ceramics studio
that was going out of business. I'm sure they dated back to the beginning of
man but all I did was put water in them (a lot were totally dried out) and
did a test tile. All of them came out okay. Since I didn't know what the
color was supposed to be to begin with I was not disappointed!
Wendy from Bainbridge Island
Lili Krakowski on wed 19 feb 97
Kirk: I see no reason why the glazes should not be reusable. It may
take warm water, and sitting overnight, and grinding or screening as some
of the stuff may have set up like rock. BUT --AND THIS IS A BIGGY--BACK
IN THE 1960s LEAD AND LEAD FRITS WERE STILL USED IN GLAZE AS WERE CADMIUM
SELENIUM STAINS WHICH I HAPPEN TO KNOW WERE STILL FOR SALE AS WERE C/S
GLAZES. (I am not crazy. A friend had some very expensive tableware,
mind you, imported and sold by a tonotch shop in NYC, and she wanted me
to make some bowls to match. As I did not work with orangy glazes, I
asked Jack Wolfe who sold pre-mixed glazes at the time. JW WARNED ME TO
STAY AWAY FROM C/S GLAZES AS POTENTIALLY TOXIC!!!!!!!! This was someplace
between 1967-1969.
SO: I WOULD AVOID USING THE STUFF UNLESS AND UNTIL THE MANUFACTURER
HIMSELF HAS TOLD YOU WHAT IS IN THE GLAZES AND IF THEY ARE OKAY TO USE.
I do not know how you inquire. Is there an I.D. number or something?
Also be aware that if the label read Pimpernel Scarlet, and it was made
in 1960 THEY MAY HAVE A PIMPERNEL SCARLET ON THE MARKET TODAY WHICH IS
SAFE, BUT THE ONE THEY MADE BACK THEN WAS NOT. be sure to tell them the
age of the glazes when you inquire.
GOOD LUCK
Lili Krakowski lkkrakow@edisto.cofc.edu
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