Deborah Thuman on mon 25 jan 10
Lee Love gave me a great answer a while back. He suggested putting
terra sig on the bottoms of my work. Wow! Instant smooth bottom. No
grog suddenly showing up on the bottom to scratch whatever the piece
is put on. Nice feel, nice look. I use a white terra sig because I
prefer to work with a white clay body.
I apply a few coats of terra sig to dry greenware. And if I get a
little carried away - no problem. The terra sig makes for some
interesting glaze things to happen.
Deb Thuman
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Lee Love on mon 25 jan 10
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Deborah Thuman wrot=
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> I apply a few coats of terra sig to dry greenware. And if I get a
> little carried away - no problem. The terra sig makes for some
> interesting glaze things to happen.
I've been having good luck with it. My pie plates are like teflon.
You can see some Swat Pakistani bowls that are an inspiration to me
and a couple of my amber mugs here:
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land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
David Woof on tue 26 jan 10
What to put on the foot if not paraffin????=3D20
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It's 30 plus years ago since I've used hot wax. Since then I've used a pie=
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ce of 14"X 18" wet carpet attached to a piece of marine plywood. I wipe th=
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t for a final wipe=3D2C set on the tray and grab another pot. Every ten po=
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or so I give the carpet a quick scrub rinse=3D3B swipe the excess water of=
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with the scrub brush and do ten more. No muss=3D2C no fuss! Perfect wipe=
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As others have said=3D2C paying attention to glaze application methods faci=
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I like the terra sig idea for smooth feet. One can assess the stature of t=
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David Woof Clarkdale=3D2C AZ
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Patty on tue 26 jan 10
Wet Carpet.
What carpet do you use that does not get moldy and smelly?
Patty Kaliher
Gwynneth Rixon on wed 27 jan 10
Hi=3D2C I used to work in a small ceramic giftware factory.
We used a one foot by two feet sheet of felt=3D2C which is made for this pu=
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ose.
It gets well wetted=3D2C then the excess is squeegeed off. It is placed on =
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formica or metal surface and smoothed over so that it doesn't move when use=
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d.
One smooth pass over with the item to be cleaned is enough to leave a smoot=
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h glaze free base and a little up the side.
When finished we hosed the felt sheet down in the sink and hung it up to dr=
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y. I believe it is made from sheep's wool.
Gwynneth
> Date: Tue=3D2C 26 Jan 2010 14:36:49 -1000
> From: Patty@PATTYKALIHER.COM
> Subject: Re: What to put on the foot if not paraffin
> To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
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> Wet Carpet.
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> What carpet do you use that does not get moldy and smelly?
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> Patty Kaliher
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Steve Mills on wed 27 jan 10
One that you wash out and dry after use :-)
2010/1/27 Patty
> Wet Carpet.
>
> What carpet do you use that does not get moldy and smelly?
>
> Patty Kaliher
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Bath
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Des & Jan Howard on wed 27 jan 10
Patty
Very short nap rubber backed carpet tile.
When glazing is finished hose down in pottery wash bay,
clip to rack, drip dry.
Des
Patty wrote:
> Wet Carpet.
> What carpet do you use that does not get moldy and smelly?
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Lue Pottery
Lue NSW
Australia
2850
02 6373 6419
www.luepottery.hwy.com.au
-32.656072 149.840624
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