Beryl Solla on thu 7 jan 99
Hello,
I have a question about tile. I am using glazed commercial tile that is
reglazed with cone 06 commercial glazes. I need to tile a cast cement piece
that will be placed outdoors in the north so it will be exposed to rain, snow
heat etc... The piece has some vertical and horizontal surfaces. I break the
tile into small pieces for the installation (1"-2" more or less). What kind of
tile should I be using? What should I avoid? Also does anybody know where to
buy unglazed bullnose?
Thank you
Beryl
e-mail: BSOLLA@aol.com
Paul Lewing on fri 8 jan 99
Beryl Solla wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hello,
> I have a question about tile. I am using glazed commercial tile that is
> reglazed with cone 06 commercial glazes. I need to tile a cast cement piece
> that will be placed outdoors in the north so it will be exposed to rain, snow
> heat etc... The piece has some vertical and horizontal surfaces. I break the
> tile into small pieces for the installation (1"-2" more or less). What kind of
> tile should I be using? What should I avoid? Also does anybody know where to
> buy unglazed bullnose?
You need to use frostproof tile. Any tile that would be suitable for
outdor swimming pools would work OK for this. When you're working
with commercial tile, if it doesn't say it's frostproof, assume it's
not. As far as unglazed bisque bullnose, the only company I know that
makes it is B&W out of Gardena, CA, but it won't be frostproof.
Usually when I need unglazed bullnose, I take a field tile and
bullnose it myself on my wife's bench sander. (You got to love a
woman with her own bench sander!)
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Deb Contardi on wed 10 mar 99
I am in the planning stages of making 12 X 12 floor tiles for my home. I
am wanting to salt saggar fire these tiles to get the color variations that
I am after and since I have large dogs I do not want to glaze the tile. I
WILL, however, seal them after they are installed. I don't want to fire to
cone 10 for fear of warping. My question is what would be a good clay body
and temp to fire to?? I plan to bisque to the highest temp and then saggar
fire them second. I have been toying with perhaps a cone 4 or 6 clay -
will this be strong enough for floor tile? Could I go to a lower temp clay
and still keep the strength???? HELP!!!!
Thanks in advance
Debbie Contardi
Phoenix Pottery
Longmont, CO
Vicki Katz on thu 11 mar 99
You have established several parameters which might be problematic for
functional tile. I suggest you reference a 'clay usage chart' in the Laguna
catalogue. That will tell you which C6 range clay bodies they have that are
good for tile.
Vicki Katz
Joan Slack on thu 12 jun 08
hi-does anyone have a good suggestion for a tile clay body that won't warp?
I need it light colored, and prefer stoneware temps because that's what I
usually do my production work at. I have been trying several types and would
appreciate it if anyone has a tried and true body that holds its shape. I am
drying them between drywall, slowly, and carving them when pretty dry.
Also, if anyone has experience about using tile presses for a design once
made, or can refer me where to find more information, thanks!
Joan
Joan Molloy Slack
Riverrun Center for the Arts
PO Box 95 6938 Bridge Road
McNaughton, Wi 54543
www.riverrunarts.com
715-277-4224
Kim Hohlmayer on mon 16 jun 08
Hi Joan,
I have found two good bodies that resist warping. One is Standard Ceramic Supply's ^6 white sculpture body and Axner's Bob's Tile Body. Unfortunately the Axner's body while not super dark sure isn't white or even what I call light. However it does fire to ^10 and is extremely pleasant to work with. I can say from experience that both are excellent, however I don't do too much tile work. Still, I have done a number of fairly flat pieces that did not warp. Hope this helps. --Kim H.
--- On Thu, 6/12/08, Joan Slack wrote:
> From: Joan Slack
> Subject: tile question
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:54 AM
> hi-does anyone have a good suggestion for a tile clay body
> that won't warp?
> I need it light colored, and prefer stoneware temps because
> that's what I
> usually do my production work at. I have been trying
> several types and would
> appreciate it if anyone has a tried and true body that
> holds its shape. I am
> drying them between drywall, slowly, and carving them when
> pretty dry.
>
> Also, if anyone has experience about using tile presses for
> a design once
> made, or can refer me where to find more information,
> thanks!
> Joan
>
> Joan Molloy Slack
> Riverrun Center for the Arts
> PO Box 95 6938 Bridge Road
> McNaughton, Wi 54543
> www.riverrunarts.com
> 715-277-4224
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