ken sadler on tue 19 jan 99
Dear ClayArtists, During a recent month long trip to Japan, we had a cold
period in Maryland and my cone 5-6 glazes froze. Query--are they perfectly
OK or have they been altered in some way? If they have what corrective
measures should I take? Getting another studio and/or adequate protection
are considerations for the future. Right now I don't want to lose all the
glazes I have made up. Thanks . Ken
Ken Sadler ksadler@shore.intercom.net
phone 410.820.7460
fax 410.820.8120
Lili Krakowski on thu 21 jan 99
My home is in the snowbelt off Lake Ontario. ALL My glazes freeze in
winter. I let them thaw fully, sieve several times and they are fine. One
caution: if crystals have formed DO NOT LOOSE THEM. If they float in the
water (now that everything is thawed) you may want to add a little really
hot water to dissolve them, before returning the water with dissolved
crystals to the mix.
Lili Krakowski
Kenneth D. Westfall on thu 21 jan 99
Freezing will not affect your glazes beyond them being completely settled
out and rock hard in the bottoms of the buckets. It will probably take you
a 1/2 hour longer to get them remixed when your ready to use them again.
My glazes routinely freeze every year and the only ill affect it has ever
had was to delay a firing. It take several day to thaw a 30,000 gram batch!
Kenneth D. Westfall
Pine Hill Pottery
R.D. #2 Box 6AA
Harrisville, WV 26362
pinehill@ruralnet.org
http://www.ruralnet.org/pinehillpottery
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