Linda Mccaleb on sat 17 apr 10
=3DA0 Hello again, Clay Art,=3D0A=3DA0 I am asking one more question then I=
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quiet. I want to get some dipping glaze. I only have manufactured glazes f=
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or now. That was the only way I could think of to get the colors I wanted t=
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o when I started with the money I had.=3D0A=3DA0 Well in the summer or fall=
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will get into the dipping glazes. I can get some pre-mixed glazes, powdered=
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, just add water.=3DA0 I know that the customers like these glazes, because=
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he school I went to had them, and I made a lot of pieces with these glazes =
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and combinations of them to know, they sold like hot cakes! Then I could bu=
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y the raw ingredients and make my own glazes, boy there is a lot out there.=
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I will have a great deal of expense to do it this way since I only have ro=
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om for about 6 buckets. One will be clear I will buy that one unless buying=
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the raw ingredients is cheaper. I don't know. Buying the mix is 80 dollars=
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to make 5 gallons. What do you think?=3D0A=3DA0 The possible down side,is =
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I don't know what is in the glazes, and I want to make crystalline glazes =
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too. I don't know if I can use one of those colors for a base or not. Or us=
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e the clear to start with or not. Then I could buy by the pound instead of =
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by 50 pounds at a time. Some of the things I have already, like some of the=
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colorants, oxides... That doesn't save me much.=3D0A=3DA0 With all that in=
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d, I am asking for your help again. I'm sorry to monopolize the list with a=
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ll my questions, but it's time for a change for me. I need to know how much=
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I need to save. If it is worth saving for. I still have to save for surger=
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y.=3DA0 =3D0A=3DA0 With all the knowledge out there the questions I gave, I=
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you will have no trouble answering with out looking anything up.=3D0A=3DA0 =
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ks for your patience, you all are great!=3D0A=3DA0 pesty Linda=3D0A=3D0A=3D=
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Snail Scott on sun 18 apr 10
On Apr 17, 2010, at 1:26 PM, Linda Mccaleb wrote:
> ... I will get into the dipping glazes. I can get some pre-mixed
> glazes, powdered, just add water. I know that the customers like
> these glazes, because the school I went to had them, and I made a
> lot of pieces with these glazes and combinations of them to know,
> they sold like hot cakes! Then I could buy the raw ingredients and
> make my own glazes, boy there is a lot out there. I will have a
> great deal of expense to do it this way since I only have room for
> about 6 buckets. One will be clear I will buy that one unless buying
> the raw ingredients is cheaper. I don't know. Buying the mix is 80
> dollars to make 5 gallons. What do you think?
It is definitely cheaper in the ling run to mix your
own, rather than buying premix. The startup cost
will be a bit higher, though, since you will probably
want to begin by testing likely recipes. So, find
recipes you like the sound/look of, and get just a
pound or so of the materials needed. For materials
that occur in many of those recipes, get five pounds
to start. Make lots of 100 gram tests. Try variations
in colorants and other ingredients. Look for results
you like, and from among those, look for those that
use many similar ingredients. Then, when you buy
materials in bulk, you won't have a zillion bins of
stuff.
You'll need 50 pound sacks of the commonest
ingredients. This is usually about the same price
as buying 20 pounds of each, since the 50# sacks
come straight from the mine, while smaller amounts
have to be split off by your supplier, who charges for
the effort. For less common ingredients, smaller
amounts will save on storage space even though
they won't save on money. For colorants, you will
need far less.
50 pound sacks of dry materials cost less than 50
pounds of premixed glaze, but you won't use all of
it in any batch, and that extra backstock means that
setting up to make glaze is more expensive than
just buying premix, but as you continue to make
more glaze, it all gets used eventually, and the
cost savings catches up.
-Snail
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