Gayle Bair on mon 6 dec 99
Dear Sam,
My condolences on you Laguna Peacock disaster.
I have experienced the same problem with the
Peacock and Laguna's transparent Forrest Green.
Perhaps they need to revisit these glazes.
I love the color and the transparency but have ruined too
many labor intensive pieces with these runny glazes.
I now use them exclusively on flat pieces and am very
careful to kept it away from any sloping edges.
So....Laguna... I know you are out there! You told me
the last time I called you that you were concerned with
people complaining on-line. Now what are you going to do?
Are you going to address this problem several of us have
had with your glazes?
We are waiting for your response.
Gayle Bair
gaylebair@earthlink.net
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From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU]On Behalf
Of SAM YANCY
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 7:50 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: commercial glazes
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Claudia- I sure agree with you with Chun Red. I tried it also and got mostly
clears with a touch of red in some spots. I don't use it any more. P.S. have
you tried their peacock blue - cone 5? If not suggest DON'T" or be very
careful as it's the runniest glaze that I have come across. Last week, for
the
first time, I sprayed a full kiln load of (on the outside) many, many
porcelain bowls and vases. They were not heavily coated, however even
checking/verifying the cone 5 temp (which was fine), the glaze ran all over
and ruined (I mean RUINED) my kiln shelves (for information the inside of
the
pieces were glazed white which was no problem). The total load was
DESTROYED!!!. The only way I could remove the bowls and vases from the
shelves
was with a hammer!! Grinding the shelves was a nightmare - and I gave up
after
about two hours of grinding and dust. New shelves cost me over $100! The
peacock blue glaze was sprayed on the outside of the pieces, so that may
have
made some difference but I don't know. I will try again soon with the
peacock
glaze only on the inside or some porcelain bowls. Maybe it will work that
way.
What bothers me too is that I just bought over 250Lbs of various laguna
glazes
in dry form and mixed about 25 gallons of many of their glazes - , peacock
was
one of them. I hope that they are ok. I guess I will have to try a bunch of
test tiles to check the rest of the glazes out. I am really disappointed as
the vases and bowls were destined for a X-Mas Sale so I as out the cost of
the
shelves, and the sale of the pottery, not to mention the time and
electricity.
Maybe it's the Clay Gods??? Group comments appreciated - especially any on
using these glazes. Regards and happy Xmas potting to all. Sam Yancy
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