the cat lady on fri 19 jun 98
This answer "floored" me. Please excuse the ignorance - wasn't
aware that glaze can wear away in a flooring situation. Before
I spent several hundred hours turning my dragon drawing into
a bathroom floor (I'm planning on firing to ^10 ox) would someone
else confirm or deny this possibility for me.
TIA
sam - alias the cat lady
scuttell@odyssey.on.ca
At 01:52 PM 6/17/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I would seal them rather than glaze. Glaze under foot will wear away
>unevenly, because we follow set routes around a room and consequently
>create "pathways". You can re-seal if neccessary, it's a bit tricky re-
>glazeing a floor! :-)
>
>Steve
>Bath
>UK
>
>
sam - alias the cat lady
Melbourne, Ontario
SW Ontario CANADA
http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
Cats have never forgotten this."
Brad Sondahl on sat 20 jun 98
My own feeling is that cone 10 glazes should be among the most durable. Usually
Brad Sondahl (http://www.camasnet.com/~brad
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> This answer "floored" me. Please excuse the ignorance - wasn't
> aware that glaze can wear away in a flooring situation. Before
> I spent several hundred hours turning my dragon drawing into
> a bathroom floor (I'm planning on firing to ^10 ox) would someone
> else confirm or deny this possibility for me.
>
> TIA
>
> sam - alias the cat lady
> scuttell@odyssey.on.ca
>
> At 01:52 PM 6/17/98 EDT, you wrote:
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >I would seal them rather than glaze. Glaze under foot will wear away
> >unevenly, because we follow set routes around a room and consequently
> >create "pathways". You can re-seal if neccessary, it's a bit tricky re-
> >glazeing a floor! :-)
> >
> >Steve
> >Bath
> >UK
> >
> >
> sam - alias the cat lady
> Melbourne, Ontario
> SW Ontario CANADA
> http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
>
> "Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
> Cats have never forgotten this."
>
>
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Bill Palmer on sat 20 jun 98
Have you ever checked your glazes with a Moh's scale? Anything with a
hardness of 5 - 6 should work for a bathroom floor, unless you walk on the
floor with sandy shoes. Quartz, which is often sand, has a hardness of 7 .
For kitchen floors, a hardness of 6 - 7 is better. A glaze with a hardness of
7 is ok even for some commercial applications. Zirconium bearing glazes have
a chance to be higher than 7. Glazes, even soft ones, are much harder than
top coat sealers or waxes, so if you cover the glaze, you will have to
continue to replenish that coating and it will develop its own wear pattern.
Some people feel that having to coat a tiled floor defeats the purpose of
having relatively maintenance-free tile.
All but the hardest commercial glazes will show wear in time. Darker glazes
show wear much sooner than lighter glazes and shiney glazes much sooner than
matte ones.
Bill Palmer, Marin Ceramic Supply
Earl Brunner on sat 20 jun 98
Just look at commercial tile floor tiles, In high traffic areas, with
abrasives, like sand or dirt, the tile, wood, carpet, whatever will wear.
Unglazed tile will wear. Some glaze surfaces are harder, and therefore less
susceptible to wear then others. Bathroom floors probably don't get that kind
of wear. I've a friend that did an entire kitchen and dining area and glazed
them all, probably last as long as the house.
Stephen Mills on sun 21 jun 98
Sam,
The original subject was on earthenware tiles. I guess that cone 10
glaze is a LOT harder wearing, especially when the floor is walked on
mostly by bare feet!
Steve
Bath
UK
(currently Cat-less :-( )
In message , the cat lady writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>This answer "floored" me. Please excuse the ignorance - wasn't
>aware that glaze can wear away in a flooring situation. Before
>I spent several hundred hours turning my dragon drawing into
>a bathroom floor (I'm planning on firing to ^10 ox) would someone
>else confirm or deny this possibility for me.
>
>TIA
>
>sam - alias the cat lady
>scuttell@odyssey.on.ca
>
>At 01:52 PM 6/17/98 EDT, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>I would seal them rather than glaze. Glaze under foot will wear away
>>unevenly, because we follow set routes around a room and consequently
>>create "pathways". You can re-seal if neccessary, it's a bit tricky re-
>>glazeing a floor! :-)
>>
>>Steve
>>Bath
>>UK
>>
>>
>sam - alias the cat lady
>Melbourne, Ontario
>SW Ontario CANADA
>http://www.geocities.com/paris/3110
>
>"Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods.
> Cats have never forgotten this."
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
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Laura FREEDMAN on mon 22 jun 98
Ten years ago we put a tile floor in one of our bathrooms., a well used
room. Some of the tile was Mexican with beautiful colors on terra
cotta, low fire. I interspersed with a terra cotta color tile that
looks like a hi fire. to me. At the time I knew nothing about tiles and
wearability. The pretty Mexican tile is partially worn away in one spot
on one tile in the room, the hi fire is in fine condition. For
whatever it is worth, I don't think I would put Mexican low fire tile
on a high tread area, better the wall. I still love the look.
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