Mary Higgins on thu 20 sep 01
someone asked if gerstley borate would be any good if it was around a =
long time. I live in central Florida where we have plenty of humidity. I =
acquired several pounds of gerstley along with my kiln and lots of clay =
and other glaze ingredients. This stuff is at least twenty years old. I =
finally made up a batch of Floating Blue and it turned out really nice. =
All the paper bags are a little bug eaten, but the chemicals are all =
fine.
Mary Higgins (not Clark)
in central Florida
Ababi on fri 21 sep 01
After failing with so many raku tests I purchased 10 K'g of gerstly B. so I
can work with raku, and test slower.I keep them in their plastic bags inside
a very well closed plastic pail.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Higgins"
To:
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:59
Subject: aged gerstley borate
someone asked if gerstley borate would be any good if it was around a long
time. I live in central Florida where we have plenty of humidity. I acquired
several pounds of gerstley along with my kiln and lots of clay and other
glaze ingredients. This stuff is at least twenty years old. I finally made
up a batch of Floating Blue and it turned out really nice. All the paper
bags are a little bug eaten, but the chemicals are all fine.
Mary Higgins (not Clark)
in central Florida
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