Michele Hoskin on fri 10 dec 99
I am using a glaze with high iron content and even though I wax the bottoms
of my pots before dipping, the glaze stains the wax and never washes off
completely. It is taking a lot of time trying to clean up these bottoms!!
Does anyone have any helpful hints?
Thanks in advance,
Michele Hoskin
Toronto
Cindy Strnad on sat 11 dec 99
Michele,
What kind of wax are you using? If you fire in a ventilated area, try melted
paraffin. (Keep it melted in an old electric frying pan set to about 200-210
degrees F.) Paraffin smells awful as it's burning off in the kiln, and kiln
vents won't get rid of it, so don't do this unless you're sure you won't end
up breathing the fumes.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
Custer, SD
elizabeth priddy on sat 11 dec 99
are you dry footing with hot wax or
latex wax resist?
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Clay: 12,000 yrs and still fresh!
On Fri, 10 Dec 1999 18:17:48 Michele Hoskin wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
>I am using a glaze with high iron content and even though I wax the bottoms
>of my pots before dipping, the glaze stains the wax and never washes off
>completely. It is taking a lot of time trying to clean up these bottoms!!
> Does anyone have any helpful hints?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Michele Hoskin
>Toronto
>
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Earl Brunner on sat 11 dec 99
I assume you are using a water base wax as apposed to heated parafin?
The heated wax does tend to resist a bit better. If you are using the water
base stuff, try adding some alumina hydrate to your wax. I use it to keep my
pocelain from sticking to the shelves, and the powder in the wax should act as
a barrier to keep what won't wipe off from sticking to your pots as well.
Michele Hoskin wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
> I am using a glaze with high iron content and even though I wax the bottoms
> of my pots before dipping, the glaze stains the wax and never washes off
> completely. It is taking a lot of time trying to clean up these bottoms!!
> Does anyone have any helpful hints?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Michele Hoskin
> Toronto
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Frederich, Tim on mon 13 dec 99
Cindy,
I use melted paraffin or candles in my studio. My kiln vents seem to
remove all of the odor. I have three kilns in the studio. The vent system
should work if it is set up right.
Sincerely,
Tim Frederich, Orton Ceramic Foundation
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> From: Cindy Strnad[SMTP:earthenv@gwtc.net]
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 1999 8:56 AM
> To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Subject: Re: dirty bottoms
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Michele,
>
> What kind of wax are you using? If you fire in a ventilated area, try
> melted
> paraffin. (Keep it melted in an old electric frying pan set to about
> 200-210
> degrees F.) Paraffin smells awful as it's burning off in the kiln, and
> kiln
> vents won't get rid of it, so don't do this unless you're sure you won't
> end
> up breathing the fumes.
>
> Cindy Strnad
> Earthen Vessels Pottery
> Custer, SD
>
The Buchanans on tue 14 dec 99
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If the question was how to clean them, cut a peice of short napped carpet to=
fit
a tray . Soak it throughly . Holding the pot upright, give the dirty bottom=
a
few twists on it. It should come clean even if the glaze is dry. Judi
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