Dai Scott on sun 25 feb 01
Steve, I had to chuckle when I read your post about the blender! Many years
ago, when I was first potting, and knew practically nothing about
glaze-making, I used to use a blender to mix up batches of glaze. I
remember making one glaze from a book recipe, which didn't turn out as the
pictured sample (boy, was I naive!), so I called up my pottery supply store
to ask them how could this be? In the ensuing conversation, it came up that
I mixed my glazes using a blender---there was a sort-of stunned silence on
the other end of the phone, then I was told that blenders are NOT the way to
mix glazes, as it reduces some of the materials to an ultra-fine state, and
that's not what the recipe intended, etc., etc. I was suitably chastised,
remixed the offending glaze without the blender, fired it, and it turned out
the same. So I went back to the blender (you're right, it's an ultra-smooth
mix), but never again mentioned to any pottery advisors that I was doing
this! Incidentally, it wasn't the same blender I used in the house...:)
Now that I'm mixing glazes in very large quantities, I use a paint stirrer
on the drill, and seive once. Works great! For test batches, I've been
using a small kitchen seive and brushing it through----I'd completely
forgotten about the blender; I think I'll go back to it for the small stuff.
Thanks for the memory!
Dai in Kelowna, BC, where we keep getting these damn little overnight
snowfalls to remind us that winter isn't over yet!
potterybydai@home.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Mills"
>I now mix all my Glazes/slips in a 1 litre domestic blender.
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