Joyce Lee on wed 19 nov 97
This is not for the pros or even clever potters among us, who
undoubtedly solved this problem long ago. This is for potters such as I
who love the clay but are in a constant struggle for dominancy. #1
Support Person responded to my desperate efforts to avoid glaze messes
on the studio floor by making me a holder for my sieves that fit down
into the 5/10 gallon buckets. My sieves were always getting stuck in the
bucket although I used stirrers and lifters and cloth jammed between
the sieve and the bucket in order to make the job easier. Also, when I
finally sort of removed the sieve from the bucket and shook the glaze
off that clung to the bottom of the sieve, I ceased being Lucy and Ethel
rolled-into-one and became Bette Davis at her most tragic (according to
testimony of closely-related witnesses, none of whom are particularly
trustworthy).
This may be an old idea to most of you, but just in case: He cut a 20"
by 20" square of 3/8" plywood with a 10 1/2" diameter hole in the
middle. The sieve fits inside the hole as well as inside the bucket
rim. In order to make an adjustable fit, he cut the 20" by 20" board in
half so that the width of the sawblade (a kerf cut, I understand) would
allow tightening of the hole around the sieve as wear occurs. He then
joined the two halves with two 1" by 1" by 12" boards to hold the sides
together.
This has created a measureable sweetening in my attitude and has
astounded the other newbie and intermedie potters who have seen it.
Joyce
In the Mojave about half way through glazing and firing those 300 to 400
pots stacked on her shelves...and wearing Wendy Moore's aprons when she
has a chance to throw. I'm gonna' work clean yet.
lpskeen on tue 23 jun 98
John Baymore wrote:
> My least favorite thing is probably sieving glazes.
A-bloody-MEN!!!! I have almost eliminated sieving, however, with the
purchase of a $10 Rival hand blender at WalMart. That little blade
whizzes through the glaze and chops up all the chunks. Excellent for
settled glazes as well.
> For seiving glazes I can't recommend the Talisman Glaze Seive highly
> enough.
I like these too; the brushes crunch up the chunks without the nasty
scraping sound you get when you use a spoon, or the roughed-up skin you
get when you push the stuff through by hand.
--
Lisa Skeen
Living Tree Pottery & Soaps
http://www.uncg.edu/~lpskeen
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful
words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of
the good people." -- Dr. M. L. King, Jr. 4/16/63
Bonnie Staffel on wed 24 jun 98
June 24, 1998
Hi: I tried to add a question to the original message but my typing
became garbled and unreadable. Is this a problem with my computer or how
I am doing it? So I am using direct e-mail for this subject:
Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
impossible to put through a sieve? I put mine into an old Waring
Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
Craig Martell on thu 25 jun 98
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
>through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
>impossible to put through a sieve?
Hi:
Calcine the zinc to cone 06 and then screen it, or grind it with a mortar
and pestle and screen it if that's necessary. After calcining, you
shouldn't have any more moisture trouble.
regards, Craig Martell-Oregon
Edouard Bastarache on thu 25 jun 98
Hello Bonnie,
use a ball mill or get the job done by one of your friends.
Maybe a school,an industry or a college in your area could help you with
the ball milling.
Later,
Edouard Bastarache
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouard/
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> De : Bonnie Staffel
> A : Multiple recipients of list CLAYART
> Objet : Sieving Glazes
> Date : 24 juin, 1998 16:34
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> June 24, 1998
>
> Hi: I tried to add a question to the original message but my typing
> became garbled and unreadable. Is this a problem with my computer or how
> I am doing it? So I am using direct e-mail for this subject:
>
> Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
> through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
> impossible to put through a sieve? I put mine into an old Waring
> Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
> cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
> powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
> 30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
> new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
>
> Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
Joy Holdread on mon 29 jun 98
In a message dated 98-06-24 16:54:30 EDT, you write:
>
> Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
> through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
> impossible to put through a sieve? I put mine into an old Waring
> Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
> cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
> powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
> 30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
> new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
>
> Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
>
I wonder if enclosing a bag of rice or would absorb the excess moisture. Have
you considered storing the zinc somewhere else like an attic?
Joy
Ray Carlton on tue 30 jun 98
I soak the measured amount of zinc in water overnite and put it through a
100 or even a 60 mesh screen the next day..the hard bits left can be
quickly ground up by mortar and pestle
At 09:26 29/06/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>In a message dated 98-06-24 16:54:30 EDT, you write:
>
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with zinc ozide which has degenerated
>> through moisture accumulation into hard granules and lumps, which are
>> impossible to put through a sieve? I put mine into an old Waring
>> Blender which works, but is so slow you can only process about a half a
>> cup at a time. When you need a pound of more of the zinc made into
>> powder, it is not an easy task. I hate to scrap it because I have about
>> 30 pounds left and my studio is the basement which would also destroy a
>> new quantity of zinc. I even keep it in a plastic bucket.
>>
>> Thanks, Bonnie Staffel bstaffel@freeway.net
>>
>I wonder if enclosing a bag of rice or would absorb the excess moisture.
Have
>you considered storing the zinc somewhere else like an attic?
>Joy
>
>
cheers :) Ray Carlton
McMahons Creek Victoria Australia
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