Amanda Redman on fri 21 nov 97
My current studio is a 6 x 8 shed in my back yard. My new one is under
construction as we speak. My problem now is all of my glazes froze when we
had a hard frost Monday night. What do I do? Will they eventually unfreeze?
Are they ruined?
Ric Swenson on sat 22 nov 97
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>My current studio is a 6 x 8 shed in my back yard. My new one is under
>construction as we speak. My problem now is all of my glazes froze when we
>had a hard frost Monday night. What do I do? Will they eventually unfreeze?
> Are they ruined?
Probably not ruined..... You will find out....thaw and stir well...use and
test...before using on precious pieces...
They will un-freeze when they get above 32 degrees....but you knew that
....right?
HTH
Ric
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From: Ric Swenson, ( home ) : P.O. Box 494,
North Bennington, VT 05257 - 0494 U.S.A
home telephone ( 802 ) 447 - 4744
( work ) : Bennington College, Route 67 - A
Bennington, Vermont 05201 - 6001
( 802 ) 440 - 4621 ( fax 440 - 4582 )
email: rswenson@bennington.edu
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" If you want to teach a bear to dance,
..... you should be prepared to dance.....
..... until the bear gets tired. "
"Idealism increases in direct proportion
to one's distance from the problem"
......John Galsworthy
Bill Aycock on sat 22 nov 97
Amanda- your biggest problem is not with the glazes, but with the
containers. Because the water in the glazes will expand when it freezes- it
might crack your containers. I would examine all of them, and put the
cracked ones into larger containers, so the liquid will be contained when
it thaws. If any are in glass- BE VERY CAREFULL!!
Bill-on a rainy Friday- on Persimmon Hill
At 12:46 PM 11/21/97 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>My current studio is a 6 x 8 shed in my back yard. My new one is under
>construction as we speak. My problem now is all of my glazes froze when we
>had a hard frost Monday night. What do I do? Will they eventually unfreeze?
> Are they ruined?
>
>
Bill Aycock --- Persimmon Hill --- Woodville, Alabama, US 35776
--- (in the N.E. corner of the State) ---
W4BSG -- Grid EM64vr --
baycock@hiwaay.net
Paul Jay on sat 22 nov 97
Amanda Redman wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> My current studio is a 6 x 8 shed in my back yard. My new one is under
> construction as we speak. My problem now is all of my glazes froze when we
> had a hard frost Monday night. What do I do? Will they eventually unfreeze?
> Are they ruined?
Amanda
I always had my clay and glazes freeze every winter for 24 years when it
was too cold and to keep the wood stove burning I would have to go out,
trudge 101 yards in whatever weather in the middle of the night.
I panicked the first time, but when everything thawed out I found the
glazes still worded ok, and best of all the clay was a lot more
plastic. So I freeze my clay on purpose now so I can take it back in to
my gas heated new studio, thaw it out and enjoy!
Kate and Phil Smith on sun 23 nov 97
We let some of our glazes freeze last year and when time came to use them
a simple remix of the slurry seemed to be fine
Phil Smith
White Bear Lake, Minnesota, where freezing is part of life.
Kathy McDonald on tue 25 nov 97
Ric Swenson wrote:
Hi all...
I use frozen and unfrozen glazes all the time...seeming without any
detrimental
effects......in fact some of the celadons and black glazes seem to get
better
with each freezing....maybe it changes the particles.
........hmmm now you got me wondering,,,,perhaps the glaze gurus have
some notions
Kathy (in Manitoba Canada where it gets to -40C}
> ----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> >----------------------------Original
> message----------------------------
> >My current studio is a 6 x 8 shed in my back yard. My new one is
> under
> >construction as we speak. My problem now is all of my glazes froze
> when we
> >had a hard frost Monday night. What do I do? Will they eventually
> unfreeze?
> > Are they ruined?
>
> Probably not ruined..... You will find out....thaw and stir well...use
> and
> test...before using on precious pieces...
>
> They will un-freeze when they get above 32 degrees....but you knew
> that
> ...right?
>
> HTH
>
> Ric
>
> #####################################
> From: Ric Swenson, ( home ) : P.O. Box 494,
> North Bennington, VT 05257 - 0494 U.S.A
> home telephone ( 802 ) 447 - 4744
>
> ( work ) : Bennington College, Route 67 - A
> Bennington, Vermont 05201 - 6001
> ( 802 ) 440 - 4621 ( fax 440 - 4582 )
>
> email: rswenson@bennington.edu
>
> #####################################
>
> " If you want to teach a bear to dance,
> .... you should be prepared to dance.....
> .... until the bear gets tired. "
>
> "Idealism increases in direct proportion
> to one's distance from the problem"
>
> .....John Galsworthy
kathy kerner on sat 26 jan 08
Does anyone know if glaze can be frozen, and then, used again? I forgot some glazes that were in the unheated garage. Thanks, Kathy
kathy kerner
kkerner@earthlink.net
EarthLink Revolves Around You.
Fred Parker on sun 27 jan 08
Hi Kathy:
I don't like to admit that I have, at times, been too lazy to lug all my
glazes back down to the basement after a glaze cycle, but I have.
Consequently, I have an assortment of glazes in the open carport that have
frozen several times.
So far I have seen no effect after thawing and sieving, although one of my
glazes did produce some interesting hexagonal crystals in the bucket that
had to be redissolved in warm water. Seems there must have been some
dissolved ingredients in there after all, even if all of what I used I
believed to be insoluble...
You shouldn't have a problem, BUT always test if it's important...
Fred Parker
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:24:30 -0600, kathy kerner
wrote:
>Does anyone know if glaze can be frozen, and then, used again? I forgot
some glazes that were in the unheated garage. Thanks, Kathy
>
>
>kathy kerner
>kkerner@earthlink.net
>EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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