Maggie Furtak on thu 9 feb 12
Hey Carl,=3DA0=3D0A=3D0AGood topic! =3DA0I'm with Lee, I'm a sponger. =3DA0=
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t gives me a last chance to wipe off any residual clay dust or greasy finge=
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rprints that might cause a glaze crawl. =3DA0=3D0A=3D0AI'm also a fan of a =
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l of Epsom Salts to every five gallons of glaze to help with glaze suspensi=
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on. =3DA0Easy peasy lemon squeezy. =3DA0It dissolves very nicely, unlike be=
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ite and CMC, which, as you mentioned, can give you a big lump in the glaze =
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bucket unless you are careful about how you add them. =3DA0=3D0A=3D0AAnd no=
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big question... =3DA0Where are your pinholes? =3DA0Just where two glazes ov=
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p? =3DA0(Glaze is becoming too thick at that point due to the overlap or th=
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glazes don't play nicely together). =3DA0In the bottoms inside of mugs and =
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wls where glaze is pooling and ending up very thick? =3DA0All over? =3DA0(A=
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t your bisque temp, your glaze temp, or your glaze recipe). =3DA0Just aroun=
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the foot where you have trimmed and roughed up the clay? =3DA0(I like to ma=
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a final pass with a rib or some such to smooth the clay back down after I =
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trim and push the exposed grog back under the clay surface). =3DA0Only pots=
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n the bottom shelf of the kiln? =3DA0(Bottom shelf may be a little under-fi=
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d). =3DA0Only on the top shelf of the kiln? =3DA0(Top shelf may be a little=
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r-fired). =3DA0Only the firing that took forever to get to temperature? =3D=
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ly the firing that went very quickly because there wasn't much in the kiln?=
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=3DA0(Put more in the kiln, or add a hold towards the end of your firing
cycle). =3DA0Can you see pinholes immediately after dipping your glaze, or=
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nly in the fired piece? =3DA0(If the lid to your glaze bucket doesn't have =
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airtight seal, maybe a little water has evaporated from your glaze and it'=
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s just going on a tidge too thickly). =3DA0So many possibilities...=3D0A=3D=
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on your mad scientist hat!=3DA0=3D0AMaggie Furtak=3D0A=3DA0=3D0APate Cerami=
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eramics.etsy.com=3D0Apateceramics.blogspot.com=3D0A781-956-1364=3D0A517 Fel=
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