Frances Howard on mon 4 may 09
Hi Jeff,
Sorry, I didn't read your letter properly! (It's late at night for me).
The bonding substance couldn't possibly be a low fired ceramic substance. =
If you were to put the flatware in a kiln it would turn into a puddle. It =
has to be a glue of some sort, probably a resin glue as it is quite modern,=
and therefore a bit harder to scrape out. The Denby factory would have u=
sed the most up to date glues for their products so it may be a bit more di=
fficult to get rid of the loose stuff inside, and you may not be able to ge=
t it all out. You may need some long thin files for this. But enough will=
come out to get the long part of the flatware inside with enough epoxy r=
ound it to set it firmly. And it will set well. Don't worry about that.
Frances Howard
Jeff Longtin on tue 5 may 09
Thanks Frances!
Maybe I didn't explain it well: I'm actually going to make new ceramic
handles. (as in remove and destroy the old handles)
I've never done something like this before, casting new flatware handles,
but I was highly recommended so I thought I would make the effort.
The project will go something like this: create a new upsized form in
plaster (to accommodate the firing shrinkage) cast a plaster mold then cas=
t new
handles using stoneware slip.
Presumably I'll drill out a hole in the greenware state, hoping I don't
crack the little critters, and then fire them up.
Matching the glaze will be a little problem but a catalog of commercial
glazes suggests a match is quite possible.
The attachment issue is the only unknown at this point.
a bit of a leap but what the heck.
(Its these occasional leaps that has enabled me to develop strong mold
making/modeling skills.)
take care
Jeff Longtin
Complex Molds Made Easy
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In a message dated 5/5/2009 5:35:38 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
franceshoward@ACCESSWAVE.CA writes:
Hi Jeff,
Sorry, I didn't read your letter properly! (It's late at night for me).
The bonding substance couldn't possibly be a low fired ceramic substance.
If you were to put the flatware in a kiln it would turn into a puddle. It
has to be a glue of some sort, probably a resin glue as it is quite
modern, and therefore a bit harder to scrape out. The Denby factory woul=
d have
used the most up to date glues for their products so it may be a bit more
difficult to get rid of the loose stuff inside, and you may not be able to
get it all out. You may need some long thin files for this. But enough
will come out to get the long part of the flatware inside with enough epo=
xy
round it to set it firmly. And it will set well. Don't worry about that=
.
Frances Howard
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