Snail Scott on sun 12 nov 00
Must be a real knockout! -Snail
At 09:20 PM 11/12/00 EST, you wrote:
>I've worked with Cassius Clay a lot and was always told that the time to
>worry is when the clay is dry (dust), no one has ever said anything about
>when it's firing. I've stopped using old Cassius because it warped and no
>glaze would stick to it. Have you found the secret to Cassius?
>Karin
>
Karen Sullivan on sun 12 nov 00
Aardvark Ceramic Supply in Santa Ana, CA
has a cone 5 clay, called Cassius Clay that is
black.
Caveat is that the color is from Manganese Dioxide, so before
I use the clay I have a skin barrier lotion that I coat my
hands with, called Kerodex. Then work without to much worry,
until you fire the stuff, at which point if the kiln is inside,
pray to Dave Shaner that the metals will not be absorbed...
If you have questions, read the Studio Potter article about
Dave Shaner...
bamboo karen
on 11/11/00 3:00 PM, Karen and Cliff Sandlin at sandlink@BELLSOUTH.NET
wrote:
> I also operate out of a small portion of my garage. I laid visqueen (a sort
> of plastic available by the roll at Home Depot) under my wheel and wedging
> table. It sweeps easily with a rubber tooth broom (also available at Home
> Depot). When it becomes full of holes, I remove the masking tape holding it
> at the corners and replace it.
>
> Do you or anyone on Ceramic Arts Discussion List know where I might find a
> distributor for Vandyke clay (dark brown that fires nearly black)? I have
> been asking on clayart list, but no one has replied.
>
> thanks.
>
> Karen Sandlin
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick Hugel"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 4:43 PM
> Subject: Re: How to clean cement floor
>
>
>> Sweeping is a very big NO! NO! NO! Mopping is the best. And don't be
>> afraid to go over it several times. And each time you wash out the mop,
>> dump the water, wash out the mop again and then mop the floor again. I
>> known this takes lots of water, but it is worth it. In the Spring,
> Summer,
>> and Fall figure out some method of trapping rain water from your gutters
>> and use it liberally for all sorts of cleaning tasks. I hope you have a
>> good drainage system, too.
>>
>>
>>> I am operating out of a very small portion of my garage, and need
> suggestions
>>> on how to clean the floor. When I try sweeping, the dust rises and
> settles
>>> worse than ever. So far the leaf blower seems to work pretty well, but I
>>> wondered about hosing or wet mopping, would I end up with slip? It is
>>> definitely getting worse. Suggestions would be welcome. Jackie pots
> in
>>> Arizona, where we already have snow on the mountains and ice in the
> birdbath.
>>>
>>
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Karin Hurt on sun 12 nov 00
I've worked with Cassius Clay a lot and was always told that the time to
worry is when the clay is dry (dust), no one has ever said anything about
when it's firing. I've stopped using old Cassius because it warped and no
glaze would stick to it. Have you found the secret to Cassius?
Karin
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