Dan Hill on mon 24 jan 00
Could someone tell which ITC product could be applied to some new plate
setters I am going to use in my soda kiln.
Is it possilble brush it on in stead of spraying and can I apply it to
the undersides of the setters to protect them from the soda.
Thanks in advance
Dan Hill
Eastern Ontario, Canada.
June Perry on tue 25 jan 00
Dan, use the ITC 100 and spray it on. They recommend the spraying. I guess
with the brushing (it's very gritty material), you risk not getting an even
distribution of the various particle sizes of the material. I think the
people who complained of glaze drips not coming off, may have been because
they brushed it on rather than spraying. At least that's what Alice said
could cause the problem.
I dipped some of my kiln posts, while stirring the material and that worked
out fine in a salt firing.
Regards,
June
Deborah Bouchette on wed 26 jan 00
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Use ITC-100. Yes, you can brush it on...get a big, wide =22hake=22 brush =
and put it
on thinly in one direction (like watery milk), then the opposite direction.
Keep shaking or whisking the container it's in. It'll be a little uneven, =
but
it's not uneven enough to matter, and the shelves don't warp, and most glaze
spots have popped right off (some have kinda soaked in, but none have eaten =
any
holes in the shelf).
deb
-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Hill =5BSMTP:hill=40mv.igs.net=5D
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: ITC on shelves
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Could someone tell which ITC product could be applied to some new plate
setters I am going to use in my soda kiln.
Is it possilble brush it on in stead of spraying and can I apply it to
the undersides of the setters to protect them from the soda.
Thanks in advance
Dan Hill
Eastern Ontario, Canada.
D Bouchette on fri 18 may 01
Hello, Sue, from a former midwesterner and graduate of Ball State! Lived
on Ashland, Abbot, and Alden in the 80s.
I had ITC put on my shelves , walls, and elements (airbrushed on) when I
got my new kiln a few years ago. For a while the ITC acted just like kiln
wash (bits of glaze popped right off), but after a dozen or so firings, the
protection waned. I didn't renew it, but tried kiln wash, pre-mixed, nice
and thin, 3 crossed coatings. I hate kiln wash!!! I hate not being able
to rotate my shelves. I hate the way it blisters unevenly. With every
firing I am still trying to get it all scraped off (it deteriorates a
little more in each firing, but doesn't stay "nice" like ITC). If I could
afford to re-coat with ITC from time to time, I think I'd do it. But,
instead, I've taken to using a very fine layer of sand on the shelves,
spread out with my gloved finger to within 1" of the edge, and have found
that to work very well. If glaze drips in it, I dump it; if not, I spread
it gently again and re-use it.
Do put ITC-100 on the walls and floor (I suggest not the roof, although I
did it), and I think it's ITC-200-something on the elements. Don't take
the new elements out to coat them, just spray them in situ.
deb bouchette now in oregon
You do have to put your shelves in carefully to protect glazed ware below
from sand.
Charles Moore on wed 24 jul 02
Joyce,
I am sending this on-list because I suspect a number of people may have the
same questions.
Since my shelves already have a heavy coat of kiln wash on one side of each
shelf, do I need to scrape or otherwise remove the kiln wash before applying
ITC? I think the answer must be "yes" because I doubt that the ITC would
stick the shelf material itself. Right?
Next: will ITC cover minor imperfections, like a spot where I had to grind
off some glaze?
Charles Moore
Sacramento
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce Lee"
Subject: ITC on Shelves
I like Tommy's suggestion of using a roller when applying ITC to kiln
shelves.
However, I didn't think of that so used a brush, being very careful to keep
the ITC application to a thin one. As I recall, I applied twice .... once,
brushing horizontally .... once, brushing vertically ...
making sure the narrow sides were covered also.
Advantages for me:
1) Glaze drips (and waterfalls) are easier to remove.
2) Both sides of the shelf are available to me for each firing ... no
problem with warping of shelves.
3) Shelves will probably last longer.
There are probably other pluses but these are the ones that readily come to
mind.
Joyce
In the Mojave after rescuing yet another lizard from the westie ... third
time now I've seen her actually catch one and then sit on it. Heard shots
last night too.... sounded like a shot gun. Mysteries of desert living.
Went out to Sheep Springs recently ... shot at there, too... figure it's
miner wanna-be's protecting their claims ...
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Joyce Lee on wed 24 jul 02
I like Tommy's suggestion of using a roller when applying ITC to kiln =
shelves.
However, I didn't think of that so used a brush, being very careful to =
keep the ITC application to a thin one. As I recall, I applied twice =
.... once, brushing horizontally .... once, brushing vertically ...
making sure the narrow sides were covered also.
Advantages for me:
1) Glaze drips (and waterfalls) are easier to remove.
2) Both sides of the shelf are available to me for each firing ... no =
problem with warping of shelves.
3) Shelves will probably last longer.
There are probably other pluses but these are the ones that readily come =
to mind.=20
Joyce
In the Mojave after rescuing yet another lizard from the westie ... =
third time now I've seen her actually catch one and then sit on it. =
Heard shots last night too.... sounded like a shot gun. Mysteries of =
desert living. Went out to Sheep Springs recently ... shot at there, =
too... figure it's miner wanna-be's protecting their claims ...
C.T. Wagoner on wed 24 jul 02
Is there any need to put a kiln wash over the ITC, or does it resist
just as well? Does it work best if applied to new shelves?
Joyce Lee on thu 25 jul 02
My bud Charles asked:
"Since my shelves already have a heavy coat of kiln wash on one side of =
each
shelf, do I need to scrape or otherwise remove the kiln wash before =
applying
ITC?" " Next: will ITC cover minor imperfections, like a spot where I =
had to grind
off some glaze?"
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It's been awhile since I applied the ITC ... can't remember if it was =
recommended to scrape off the kiln wash or not..... but I do recall that =
I DID scrape it off. In my limited experience, the ITC might well cover =
the kiln wash and still stick to the shelves, but there could be an =
uneven quality to the surface that you might not want.=20
I did have some fair sized holes in my abused shelves. ITC covered them =
just fine.... just have to watch and keep the coats thiiin. How thin? =
Eggshell thin.=20
Joyce
In the Mojave so tickled to hear that clayarters=20
have moved to Newberry Springs in the Mojave ..... which truly is =
Baghdad Cafe country....... bought a big fixer-upper ... major change =
from Seattle area.....
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