Joan Warren on wed 16 oct 96
Hi all you waxers and fettlers.
I'm not happy with the glaze line on my porcelain feet. I use a liquid wax
diluted with water and add some alumina hydrate to prevent shelf fusion at cone
10. I seem to be getting an uneven jagged line and wonder if the alumina
hydrate is causing this. Someone suggested for a cleaner crisper edge, to give
up wax altogether and fettle or scrape the glaze off. What are your secrets?
Joan Warren
katepwa@raven.bc.ca
sent via UUCP from: Raven Net, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
Rebecca Huston on wed 16 oct 96
I don't like the diluted liquid wax. What I prefer to use is hot wax.
I melt a bar of gulf wax in one of those small electric grills with deep
sides (never go over the lowest
temperature) then dip the bottom of the peice into it. I let the wax
inside the grill dry and use it whenever I need to glaze. The wax dries
fast. No waiting for laytex or liquid wax resist to
dry. It also leaves a clean line at the base and burns completly away.
Unfortunatly, since the wax is hot it may be dangerous to use in a
classroom, or crowded lab.
Rebecca Huston
Ron Roy on wed 16 oct 96
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hi all you waxers and fettlers.
>I'm not happy with the glaze line on my porcelain feet. I use a liquid wax
>diluted with water and add some alumina hydrate to prevent shelf fusion at cone
>10. I seem to be getting an uneven jagged line and wonder if the alumina
>hydrate is causing this. Someone suggested for a cleaner crisper edge, to give
>up wax altogether and fettle or scrape the glaze off. What are your secrets?
> Joan Warren
> katepwa@raven.bc.ca
>sent via UUCP from: Raven Net, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
Hi Joan - yes the alumina will "get under" the glaze and prevent a proper
clay/glaze attachment. I wax with straight wax then put wax with alumina
just where the foot contacts the shelf.
Ron Roy
Toronto, Canada
Evenings, call 416 439 2621
Fax, 416 438 7849
Peter Willis on thu 17 oct 96
Hi all,
I learned a neat little trick at Berea College as an apprentice there... We
would apply the resist and dip our glaze on. The trick would be to then
lay a flat, thin, wet sponge on the table and rub the bottom of the pot
off. The flat sponge surface = kiln shelf surface, thus clean and
(hopefully) crisp foot. It worked for me for 4 years and I am sure it is
still working for the other students know.
Hope that helped. Good Luck.
Becky Lowery
Still trying to get electricity hooked up to her new studio in Kentucky
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