David Beumee on sun 10 oct 10
If it's a shino using soda ash, it's good to give the mix some time to allo=
w
the bubbles to break up, like overnight. Otherwise, there's no reason why
you can't mix a glaze and use it. Been doing it for 3 1/2 decades with no
problems at all.
David Beumee
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM, DJ Brewer wrote:
> I've heard from a couple of potters to let a newly mixed glaze sit for
> a day after you mix it, then stir it up and use it.
> Is this true or is this an old potter's tale?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> DJ
>
Jennifer Boyer on mon 11 oct 10
What I've noticed is some of my newly mixed glazes are sort of frothy.
Letting them sit for a day settles the bubbles a bit.
Jennifer
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM, DJ Brewer wrote:
> I've heard from a couple of potters to let a newly mixed glaze sit for
> a day after you mix it, then stir it up and use it.
> Is this true or is this an old potter's tale?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> DJ
>
David Woof on mon 11 oct 10
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sing right away the ratios of the materials in the application may change d=
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uring initial use and this can throw your whole batch off for the duration =
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of using that batch in subsequent glazing as well. Which may well raise th=
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e whine and wail of why is this glaze result so inconsistent!?
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Turn on the music and the exhaust fan and mix glazes today. Glaze pots tom=
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orrow. Dig the rhythm.
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Date: Sun=3D2C 10 Oct 2010 14:57:07 -0500
From: DJ Brewer
Subject: Letting newly mixed glazes "steep" for a day?=3D20
I've heard from a couple of potters to let a newly mixed glaze sit for
a day after you mix it=3D2C then stir it up and use it.
Is this true or is this an old potter's tale?
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Robert Harris on mon 11 oct 10
Lots of good replies here as expected. One thing that I assumed
someone else would talk about is sieving. You definitely need to let
the glaze sit for an hour or so before sieving.
Since I make 4 gallons or so of glaze at a time I have bought myself
one of those large Talisman sieves with 3 brushes on a crank. They
really do work like a charm. If I want bubble-less, well wetted glaze
the same day, I just put it through the sieve (100 mesh) twice. That
seems to do the trick.
Robert
May Luk on mon 11 oct 10
I like to soak my glaze for 24 hours before i mix it. There are less
bubbles that way. If I were to sieve that day, i would blend it with a
hand blender the moment I walk in the studio. Then I go back and blend
it every now and then while I do other chores. I try to glaze my wares
at the end of the day and let my glaze sit a little bit and try not to
rush. I don't get frothy glaze slope anymore. Veegum seems to help the
bubbling too (just a bit, if I splash around with the buckets and try
to rush to load the kiln so that I can be home before mid-night, but I
always regret it when I open the kiln)
I weigh out all glaze for the density, so I don't need to worry about
the consistency. It used to really screw me up with wrong glaze
application thickness.
I found that having extra buckets of soaking glaze materials helps the
production work flow. I spend half boring day weighing out glazes and
I am good for many months.
Sorry, more than what you need to know and asked for.
May
Brooklyn NY
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 3:57 PM, DJ Brewer wrote:
> =3DA0I've heard from a couple of potters to let a newly mixed glaze sit f=
or
> a day after you mix it, then stir it up and use it.
> Is this true or is this an old potter's tale?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> DJ
>
--=3D20
http://twitter.com/MayLuk
http://www.ceramicsbrooklyn.com/
Kris Bliss on mon 11 oct 10
Hmmm,
Maybe it depends on the glaze, I know if i don't let my base glaze
steep overnight it is just wrong with many problems.
because of that, i let them all rest.
I think it allows the powders to absorb the water compleatly..
my 2 cnts.
bliss
If it's a shino using soda ash, it's good to give the mix some time to allo=
w
the bubbles to break up, like overnight. Otherwise, there's no reason why
you can't mix a glaze and use it. Been doing it for 3 1/2 decades with no
problems at all.
David Beumee
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 1:57 PM, DJ Brewer wrote:
> I've heard from a couple of potters to let a newly mixed glaze sit for
> a day after you mix it, then stir it up and use it.
> Is this true or is this an old potter's tale?
>
> Just wondering.
>
> DJ
>
Lee Love on mon 11 oct 10
P.S. With ash glazes, done the traditional way, you have to prepare
your woodash 3 firings ahead of time. You do test tiles first.
Make adjustments according to the test. Do another set of test tiles.
Adjust if you have to. Then fire a pot with the new glaze on it.
The 4th firing, you usually can use it normally.
You just have to plan ahead.
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
Lee Love on mon 11 oct 10
I am preparing a garbage can full of wood ash. (will wash it about 3
times.) I will wet mix it with kaolin slurry and dolomite slurry to
make my standard ash glaze. I am subbing dolomite for amakusa
porcelain stone. Cornwall Stone might be another good substitution.
--
=3DA0Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3D93Observe the wonders as they occur around you. Don't claim them. Feel
the artistry moving through and be silent.=3D94 --Rumi
ivor and olive lewis on tue 12 oct 10
Jennifer Boyer raises another problem, that of frothing.
There is no doubt that stray bubbles adhering to a freshly dipped pot can
cause blemishes that are unwelcome on the surface of a finished pot.
One way to settle and eliminate surface froth from a liquid glaze patch is
to spritz affected glaze with denatured alcohol, sometimes known as Metho o=
r
Meths. This seems to reduce surface tension causing bubbles burst.
Regards,
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia
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