John Rodgers on mon 6 dec 10
Linda,
Making colored slips is generally best done with stains. Stains will
give you a much broader color palette as well. Best mixed by dry weight,
to dry weight of clay - up to 10% by weight of stain to clay. Then you
test, test, test.
You can also use stains to make brushing stains as well. I would mix a
bit of stain - a few grams, with a bit of clay, then add a bit of water.
Mix well and apply with a brush on the surface or dry or damp clay -
depending on the surface you have to work with and the appearance you
want. This is a case of "try it and see what happens" - a variation of
"Test', Test, Test!" AND makes lots of notes about what you are doing.
You may want to repeat something and if not noted, you might not be able
to do so.
Good luck.!
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 12/6/2010 3:54 PM, Linda Mccaleb wrote:
> When I couldn't throw anymore, my hubby started making molds of my stu=
ff. Well
> I just made a dragon, and he is trying to dye it green. He used up all th=
e oxide
> so I don't remember which one it was.
> My husband is self taught, and I thought I might help him a little. He=
put 10%
> by weight of an oxide and he put it into a half gallon of slip (wet!). T=
he only
> trouble is that he didn't weigh the dry slip first. He added 10% to a hal=
f
> gallon weight of slip. He wasted my oxide! Can someone please tell me how=
much
> oxide to experiment with after he did that. How much should he dilute it?=
He
> thinks he did a good job. I tried to explain that it is supposed to be d=
ry
> weight, but he just didn't understand. And you say women are hard headed,=
well
> my hubby, bless him is hard headed too.
>
> Can someone help us out of this mess?
> reeeeeealy messed up this time,
> Linda
>
>
>
>
>
Linda Mccaleb on mon 6 dec 10
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L TURNER on tue 7 dec 10
Linda,
Yes, there is a reliable way to estimate the amount of dry solids in
you bucket of wet slip.
Take a small amount of dry clay. weight it. Add water to make slip
that is, in your judgment, the same consistency as the slip unknown
slip in your bucket. Now weight the wet slip. Convert these weights
to a ratio of dry clay weight to total wet slip weight. Use this
ratio to estimate the dry slip in the bucket of unknown slip.
To get the weight of the bucket of unknown slip, weigh a cup full and
then messure how many cups of slip are in the bucket.
The estimate will be rough, but it's really pretty good. If you write
down the dry/wet ratio for your slip recipes when you make them, it
becomes easy to refer to your notebook in the future.
Regards,
L. Turner,
The Woodlands, TX
Steve Mills on wed 8 dec 10
Linda,
If you are making casting slip, then hopefully you know the pint weight of =
t=3D
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n=3D
ce is the weight of oxide per pint.=3D20
Steve M
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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> On 12/6/2010 3:54 PM, Linda Mccaleb wrote:
>> When I couldn't throw anymore, my hubby started making molds of my stu=
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f. Well
>> I just made a dragon, and he is trying to dye it green. He used up all t=
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>> so I don't remember which one it was.
>> My husband is self taught, and I thought I might help him a little. He=
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ut 10%
>> by weight of an oxide and he put it into a half gallon of slip (wet!). =
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>> trouble is that he didn't weigh the dry slip first. He added 10% to a ha=
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>> gallon weight of slip. He wasted my oxide! Can someone please tell me ho=
w=3D
much
>> oxide to experiment with after he did that. How much should he dilute it=
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>> thinks he did a good job. I tried to explain that it is supposed to be =
d=3D
ry
>> weight, but he just didn't understand. And you say women are hard headed=
,=3D
well
>> my hubby, bless him is hard headed too.
>>=3D20
>> Can someone help us out of this mess?
>> reeeeeealy messed up this time,
>> Linda
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