Randy McCall on sun 24 aug 08
I researched some of the ingredients in surfactants and I will not be using
it in my glazes.
Dangerous ingredients. You don't want to get the stuff on you.
Randy
Cotton Patch Pottery
members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
James and Sherron Bowen on sun 24 aug 08
Why not use detergent or soap? It wouldn't take much to break the surface
tension if that's what you are aiming for.
Jim
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From: "Randy McCall"
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Subject: Surfactants in glazes ingredients not good
>I researched some of the ingredients in surfactants and I will not be using
> it in my glazes.
> Dangerous ingredients. You don't want to get the stuff on you.
>
>
> Randy
>
> Cotton Patch Pottery
> members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
>
>
Neon-Cat on sun 24 aug 08
I'm glad you did some checking, Randy. I haven't had much time to research
the Adept ingredients beyond doing a little reading for a basic refresher on
agricultural surfactants and pulling up the right toxicology data bases (the
PAN Pesticides Database at http://www.pesticideinfo.org/ is a good one). In
general though these agricultural and pesticide related surfactants seem to
be something to avoid in the clay studio for their own inherent toxicity,
especially concentrated, and because they might make it easier for some of
our more dangerous oxides to penetrate the skin. It's always good to check
products if you're going to use them in an off-label manner. All surfactants
are not the enemy though -- modern soaps, laundry and dish detergents, skin
cleaners, etc. make great use of safe or fairly safe surfactants, helping to
make our lives easier. It might be fun to come up with a safe surfactant
that would make reglazing easier and your experiment gave some good clues.
Thanks for sharing - interesting topic!
Marian
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On Behalf Of Randy McCall
Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2008 9:52 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Surfactants in glazes ingredients not good
I researched some of the ingredients in surfactants and I will not be using
it in my glazes.
Dangerous ingredients. You don't want to get the stuff on you.
Randy
Cotton Patch Pottery
members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
jonathan byler on mon 25 aug 08
sure makes you not want to put the stuff on your lawn. or eat the
food in the grocery store... Gotta plant a bigger garden next year.
jon byler
3-D Building Coordinator
Art Department
Auburn University, AL 36849
On Aug 24, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Randy McCall wrote:
> I researched some of the ingredients in surfactants and I will not
> be using
> it in my glazes.
> Dangerous ingredients. You don't want to get the stuff on you.
>
>
> Randy
>
> Cotton Patch Pottery
> members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
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