Craig Martell on sun 15 apr 01
Hey:
I use crystar and advancer shelves and fire to cone 10 flat and I also do
my fair share of dinner settings in Porcelain so maybe I can pass on some
info to Rikki.
The wash that I use is 75% alumina hydrate and 25% kaolin. I spray on a
thin coat. With porcelain, the results are better if you spray the
wash. No bumps and uneven areas to worry about just a nice flat surface
for your pots. I was tipped off to this method by Tom Turner.
For the dinnerware, I use Acme Marls plate setters for the dinner and salad
plates. I have 12 X 24 inch shelves and I stack two of them together for a
24 X 24 inch area. My kiln stacks 4 shelves deep so basically I use two 24
X 24 inch cubes. In one 24" cube area I stack two settings of dinner
plates 4 high, so there is one on the shelf with 3 setters on top. I get 8
plates to a 24" cube. I can stack jars and other stuff in between the
setters, usually 6 pieces. The salad plates will stack 16 to a cube. One
on the shelf and three setters over that and I get 4 of these stacks to a
24 X 24" area. I use both the advancers and crystars to do this and I've
had zero warping. I haven't flipped some of the crystars in over 10 years
and they are flat and true.
regards, Craig Martell in Oregon
Jennifer F Boyer on mon 16 apr 01
Is there a difference in how Crystars and Advancers look? I
bought some shelves used and LOVE them but don't know what they
are. They are 1/4" thick and have a slightly shiny very smooth
surface. Glaze comes off them easily so I've never put wash on.
The corners are rounded. What are they?
Jennifer
Craig Martell wrote:
>
> Hey:
>
> I use crystar and advancer shelves and fire to cone 10 flat and I also =
do
> my fair share of dinner settings in Porcelain so maybe I can pass on so=
me
> info to Rikki.
>
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Thistle Hill Pottery
95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
802-223-8926
http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
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Rikki Gill on mon 16 apr 01
Those sound like my advancers. They are dark grey. I don't have any
Crystars,so I don't know what they look like. Rikki Aren't you luc=
ky
to have found them used.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer F Boyer
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Monday, April 16, 2001 6:38 AM
Subject: Re: Stacking dinnerware/Shelf wash
>Is there a difference in how Crystars and Advancers look? I
>bought some shelves used and LOVE them but don't know what they
>are. They are 1/4" thick and have a slightly shiny very smooth
>surface. Glaze comes off them easily so I've never put wash on.
>The corners are rounded. What are they?
>Jennifer
>
>Craig Martell wrote:
>>
>> Hey:
>>
>> I use crystar and advancer shelves and fire to cone 10 flat and I also=
do
>> my fair share of dinner settings in Porcelain so maybe I can pass on s=
ome
>> info to Rikki.
>>
>
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>Jennifer Boyer mailto:jboyer@adelphia.net
>Thistle Hill Pottery
>95 Powder Horn Glen Rd
>Montpelier, VT 05602 USA
>802-223-8926
>http://www.thistlehillpottery.com/
>
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>for web hoaxes and junk:
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m
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