Donn Buchfinck on mon 12 aug 02
in this corner we have the hot wax pan
old electric fry pan
1 lb parafin 1 qaurter cup motor oil new, and one quarter cup lamp oil,
cinnamon makes the whole studio smell great,
heat it up and WATCH it, you have a form of napalm here, but it works great,
goes on like a dream and works great over shinos, try it
take a bowl and dip it in shino, wait till you can touch it, then paint a
design on it with the hot wax, something bold and something simple. then
pour more shino on the inside of the bowl basically double dipping the INSIDE
of the pot. do not add more to the outside, put on a shelf and let it sit for
a few days, when loading the kiln put it in a place that will reduce real
well, and you will see some interesting things.
then in this corner is the cold wax, no fire hazzard, no great smell in the
studio, and it peals off of shino. it's your pick.
the best thing is not to use wax on the feet of pots,
how about this, where do the pots run, the feet, where DON"T you want the
glaze to build up. around the feet, well when you glaze the glaze runs off
from the wax and builds up exrta right where you don't want it.
plus the time it takes to use a sponge saves me thoses pots I have to re
bisque that I got wax on, who hasn't done this, or get the torch out burning
the spot off, hoping I am not cracking the pot.
if you take time with the sponge the pots will look better.
Donn Buchfinck
San Francisco
Ceramic Design Group on tue 13 aug 02
on 8/12/02 5:59 PM, Donn Buchfinck at Pottrymkr1@AOL.COM wrote:
> in this corner we have the hot wax pan
> old electric fry pan
> 1 lb parafin 1 qaurter cup motor oil new, and one quarter cup lamp oil,
> cinnamon makes the whole studio smell great,
> heat it up and WATCH it, you have a form of napalm here, but it works great,
>
Personally I think posting this is quite irresponsible and in fact, could
lead many novices and beginners to try this.
How many times have you left your wax pan plugged in overnite? This
forgetfulness has led to more than one studio burning down.
Yeah, "you have a form of napalm here, but it works great" and FURTHER, the
studio studio smells great. Pleeease!!!!
This is really stupid, to say the least.
Mr. Mayor!!! You need to look carefully at something like this, please!
Jonathan
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WHC228@AOL.COM on tue 13 aug 02
I quit using hot wax several years ago.
The first reason was the constant fear of a studio fire. We did have a
control on one of the heat units fail and caused a fire in the wax pan that
was nearly a disaster. Having a fire extinguisher close by saved the day.
The other reason that I changed was to eliminate all of the problems that are
associated with wax.
First is the fact that I single fire all of my pots. The wax would wipe away
during the sponging process and also wipe away part of the foot of my pots.
In the summer wax gets hot and makes the pot stick to the ware board. When
moving these pots around there is the issue of wax getting places where I
didn't want it.
I also do not like the wax in the air that I breathe. Even my next door
neighbor complained about the smell when I vented it outside.
I have been using SHELLAC for about two years and am convinced that it is a
far superior resist to wax.
Wax is too dangerous for me.
Bill Campbell
Leland G. Hall on wed 14 aug 02
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:06:04 EDT, WHC228@AOL.COM wrote:
>I quit using hot wax several years ago.
>The first reason was the constant fear of a studio fire. We did have a
>control on one of the heat units fail and caused a fire in the wax pan that
>was nearly a disaster. Having a fire extinguisher close by saved the day.
>The other reason that I changed was to eliminate all of the problems that
are
>associated with wax.
>First is the fact that I single fire all of my pots. The wax would wipe
away
>during the sponging process and also wipe away part of the foot of my pots.
>In the summer wax gets hot and makes the pot stick to the ware board. When
>moving these pots around there is the issue of wax getting places where I
>didn't want it.
>I also do not like the wax in the air that I breathe. Even my next door
>neighbor complained about the smell when I vented it outside.
>I have been using SHELLAC for about two years and am convinced that it is a
>far superior resist to wax.
>Wax is too dangerous for me.
>Bill Campbell
>
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Please tell us more about your shellac method. What kind? Are you dipping
bottoms? Sponge? Brush? Thanks
Leland Hall
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