Marianne Lombardo on mon 14 may 01
Recently I learned that many glazes develop better color if they sit =
(mixed) for a couple of weeks before using. I am not sure why this =
happens. My teacher had told me glaze ingredients were just suspended =
in the water. Do some ingredients actually dissolve? =20
Would hot or maybe even boiling water help the colors (develop) faster =
or better? Has anyone tried this? If there is no dangerous chemical =
reaction produced by using boiling water, I would like to try it.
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
m markey on wed 16 may 01
Hi Marianne!
My ceramics instructor advised using warm water, to mix glazes with. Too
hot, and you might get a mucky glaze. Too cold, and the ingredients won't
mix well. Just a little food for thought.
Mohabee (Milton) NakedClay@hotmail.com
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Terrance Lazaroff on wed 16 may 01
Marianne;
I use boiling water with one of my glazes because it contains approximately
13% borax. If it gets cold I often have to sieve my glaze then take the
crystals and re-disolve them in some glaze mixture that is heated.
I noticed that in the Hamada Book that when the glazes were being applied
that some of the glaze buckets were steaming. So maybe they heated the
glazes to better disolve the natural salts in the glaze materials.
It is just a guess.
Terrance
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marianne Lombardo"
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Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 9:16 AM
Subject: Using Hot or Boiling Water in Glazes
Recently I learned that many glazes develop better color if they sit (mixed)
for a couple of weeks before using. I am not sure why this happens. My
teacher had told me glaze ingredients were just suspended in the water. Do
some ingredients actually dissolve?
Would hot or maybe even boiling water help the colors (develop) faster or
better? Has anyone tried this? If there is no dangerous chemical reaction
produced by using boiling water, I would like to try it.
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
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