Lisa Elbertsen on fri 11 mar 11
Alright these Laguna Dry Mix Glazes are driving me to drink. Out of the 5
buckets, 2 appear fine. I added 1% bentonite to the blue and 2% bentonite
to the black and they seem to be perfect but my green and brown glazes are =
a
mess.
Pictures are worth a thousand words so I posted the photos on my website.
The green glaze is running off the pots when used with other glazes. On it=
s
own it has some potential. Still a little runny and some bubbles.
You can see the photos of my green glazes here:
http://lisaelbertsen.com/green-glaze-disaster Password is glaze
My brown glaze is even more bubbly but maybe it is just too thick??
http://lisaelbertsen.com/brown-glaze-disaster Password is glaze
Any suggestions on either glaze would be greatly appreciated. More
bentonite? More water???? My apologize for password protecting it but I
didn't want to world to see my dilemma.
Regards,
Lisa
Website: www.LisaElbertsen.com
Blog: www.sunnydazedesign.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sunnydazedesignstudio
Glistering Phaeton on mon 14 mar 11
Dear Lisa,
In addition to Lili's and John B's posts...
I currently use Laguna cone 5 dry glazes exclusively and though I =3D
haven't read any glaze books, I do follow the instructions of the wise =3D
ones on this list and test test test (every glaze on every clay body, =3D
every combination of my glazes over and under every other glaze...lots =3D
of test tiles!).
You haven't mentioned any names of the glazes you're using, just their =3D
basic colors ("brown" or "green") which makes it difficult for me to =3D
give specific advice. I had a look at the "brown" disaster page and I =3D
wonder if it's Laguna's "Cappuccino" (MS=3DE2=3D80=3D9157). That one =3D
particular glaze needed the most testing, and it turned out that it =3D
needed to be mixed much thinner than the other Laguna glazes I use =3D
(measured with a home-made drinking-straw hydrometer). It also needed =3D
to be applied thinner as well (as John mentioned).
Once tested, you can use it to wonderful effect in combination with =3D
other glazes, as you can see in your "funky potential" image.
By the way, in the past I have tested and used over 14 different Laguna =3D
glazes, and the only ones that ever hard-panned on me were two different =
=3D
clears, due to the lack of clay in them.
Hope this helps on your quest.
=3DE2=3D80=3D94Adam
Los Angeles
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lisa =3D
Elbertsen
Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 1:36 PM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Glaze Bubbles and Runny, Help!! Please!
Alright these Laguna Dry Mix Glazes are driving me to drink. Out of the =
=3D
5
buckets, 2 appear fine. I added 1% bentonite to the blue and 2% =3D
bentonite
to the black and they seem to be perfect but my green and brown glazes =3D
are a mess.
Pictures are worth a thousand words so I posted the photos on my =3D
website.
The green glaze is running off the pots when used with other glazes. On =
=3D
its own it has some potential. Still a little runny and some bubbles.
You can see the photos of my green glazes here:
http://lisaelbertsen.com/green-glaze-disaster Password is glaze
My brown glaze is even more bubbly but maybe it is just too thick??
http://lisaelbertsen.com/brown-glaze-disaster Password is glaze
Any suggestions on either glaze would be greatly appreciated. More
bentonite? More water???? My apologize for password protecting it but =
=3D
I
didn't want to world to see my dilemma.
Regards,
Lisa
Website: www.LisaElbertsen.com
Blog: www.sunnydazedesign.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sunnydazedesignstudio
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