Gayle Bair on wed 10 may 00
I am submitting the following question
for a friend who cannot be on Clayart
right now.
I'll forward your answers to her.
Thanks
Gayle Bair
gaylebair@earthlink.net
.......................
Since gertsley borate is no longer available,
Laguna is substituting with "Laguna borate".
They say it works fine in all their glaze recipes.
I'm wondering if most folks have
A)made the switch?
B) had good luck with it?
I'm wondering if I need to test it in all my
recipes before I go making large batches of glaze.
amy parker on thu 11 may 00
>Since gertsley borate is no longer available,
>Laguna is substituting with "Laguna borate".
>They say it works fine in all their glaze recipes.
>I'm wondering if most folks have
>A)made the switch?
>B) had good luck with it?
>I'm wondering if I need to test it in all my
>recipes before I go making large batches of glaze.
Yes - TEST TEST TEST!!! I went to Kickwheel & picked up my free sample of
Murray's Borate, which they are working on as a gerstley substitute.
Christine showed me a sample rakued piece with three glazes on it, all the
same recipe except for the borate material. One used colemanite, one
gerstley, and one their new Murray's borate, which she described as a frit.
The colemanite version of the "clear crackle" was smoky, and appeared to be
locally reduced. The gerstley and the Murray's were crystal clear. The clay
body used was Lizella, a native Georgia red clay.
I have not yet had an opportunity to finish my test pieces. I'm looking
forward to testing the infamous Floating Blue. Christine may have completed
her tests with this by now - she was still working on it when I was there.
So - your mileage will vary. Christine posted a few weeks back about free
samples of this new product - you pay the shipping & handling (or drop by).
amy parker Lithonia, GA
amyp@sd-software.com
Ron Roy on fri 12 may 00
>I'm wondering if I need to test it in all my
>recipes before I go making large batches of glaze.
Absolutley!
RR
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am submitting the following question
>for a friend who cannot be on Clayart
>right now.
>I'll forward your answers to her.
>Thanks
>Gayle Bair
>gaylebair@earthlink.net
>.......................
>Since gertsley borate is no longer available,
>Laguna is substituting with "Laguna borate".
>They say it works fine in all their glaze recipes.
>I'm wondering if most folks have
>A)made the switch?
>B) had good luck with it?
>I'm wondering if I need to test it in all my
>recipes before I go making large batches of glaze.
Ron Roy
93 Pegasus Trail
Scarborough
Ontario, Canada
M1G 3N8
Evenings 416-439-2621
Fax 416-438-7849
Pat and Jo on fri 12 may 00
Try replacing Gerstley Borate and Colemanite with Ferro Frit 4112
I don't know where you would get it. It has been suggested to our Ceramic
Study Group of Western Australia by Mike Kusnik, retired ceramic chemist, in
his "Armchair Potting" segment in our newsletter
----- Original Message -----
From: Gayle Bair
To:
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: FW: Gerstley borate
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am submitting the following question
> for a friend who cannot be on Clayart
> right now.
> I'll forward your answers to her.
> Thanks
> Gayle Bair
> gaylebair@earthlink.net
> .......................
> Since gertsley borate is no longer available,
> Laguna is substituting with "Laguna borate".
> They say it works fine in all their glaze recipes.
> I'm wondering if most folks have
> A)made the switch?
> B) had good luck with it?
> I'm wondering if I need to test it in all my
> recipes before I go making large batches of glaze.
>
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