vince pitelka on wed 24 may 00
I used hot wax for years. My favorite thinner is mineral oil, available at
any pharmacy. You do not need to add much. The fumes from parafin and
mineral oil are fairly benign, but it is still a good idea to have good
ventilation. It is a simple matter to rig a little vent hood around your
wax pot to draw off the majority of the fumes. Under no circumstances
should you thin the wax with kerosene or paint thinner, as then you really
WILL have toxic fumes, plus drastically increased fire danger. The two
primary causes of clay studio fires are kilns improperly installed and
operated, and hot wax pots turned up too high and/or used carelessly.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
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Helllll@AOL.COM on wed 24 may 00
Hey there...
You are probably gonna get a lot of posts telling you how evil and dangerous
it is to use hot paraffin wax...
But here is what I do....
I use 50% wax and 50% paraffin oil (not lamp oil)...I turn the frying pan on
as low as it can go and melt the wax ... no fumes ... if you have fumes or
see any wisp of smoke then you pan is too hot. I cut the wax to help it
adhere better to the pot but mainly to make the wax brushable....
hope that helps...
Pete in Oklahoma City
Oooladies@AOL.COM on wed 24 may 00
I am just throwing this out there,
I used to do alot of batiking, and added beeswax to parifin to make it more
supple, so that it would crack off the fabric. i don't know if this would be
a good thing for clay wax work, but it is an additive...
marie
www.oooladies.com
Cindy Strnad on wed 24 may 00
Cheryl,
If you add petroleum jelly, it will allow the paraffin to melt at a lower
temperature, however it also makes for a softer coating of wax which didn't
work as well for me. (I think I likely added too much, though.) Still, a
lower melting temperature means less in the way of fumes, which is very,
very good. I try to do my waxing outside when possible.
Cindy Strnad
earthenv@gwtc.net
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
Marcia Selsor on wed 24 may 00
Dear Cheryl.
It goes on thinner. If you add some scented oil for kerosene lamps, it
is better than plain old burning wax. One of my students was a candle
maker on the side and brought in her scrap wax with all types of scent.
Parrafin will work alone but can really be smokey when burning off in
the kiln if it has been put on thick.
Marcia
Cheryl L Litman wrote:
>
> Having just been the recipient of an electric frypan, I now have the
> wherewithal to use hot wax for the first time. I set the temp at 250 and
> it seems to be fine with just the paraffin. I've noticed but not paid
> much attention to past posts where people cut the paraffin with something
> else - mineral oil and kerosene are the two I remember. What's the
> purpose, does it make it more workable, fill in detail better? What's
> the least toxic way to go? Just curious since it seems to work just fine
> with the paraffin alone.
>
> Cheryl Litman ---------- Somerset, NJ --------- email:
> cheryllitman@juno.com
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Maggie Woodhead on wed 31 may 00
Kia Ora
Have been reading this with some interest and having lived in three
different countries am aware that the names for some of these additives
vary from country to country. What in Britain and South Africa is
called paraffin is here in New Zealand called kerosene, there are
obviously some dangers in some of these added ingredients and perhaps
they are derivatives from different sources. We need a person with some
knowledge of their origins to give us the right information.
I personally some time ago started to use Johnson's Baby Oil as
an additive as to me it appeared more innocuous and anyway it smelled
much nicer. Anyone know any reason why I should not use it? Apart from
the price!
----Best Wishes Maggie----
maggiew@clear.net.nz
----- Original Message -----
From: vince pitelka
To:
Sent: Thursday, 25 May 2000 01:10
Subject: Re: ?hot wax additives
I used hot wax for years. My favorite thinner is mineral oil, available
at
any pharmacy. You do not need to add much. The fumes from parafin and
mineral oil are fairly benign, but it is still a good idea to have good
ventilation. It is a simple matter to rig a little vent hood around
your
wax pot to draw off the majority of the fumes. Under no circumstances
should you thin the wax with kerosene or paint thinner, as then you
really
WILL have toxic fumes, plus drastically increased fire danger. The two
primary causes of clay studio fires are kilns improperly installed and
operated, and hot wax pots turned up too high and/or used carelessly.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Home - vpitelka@dekalb.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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