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re glazing large sculptures

updated wed 4 sep 02

 

Fredrick Paget on sat 31 aug 02


In China I saw a method to deal with this trouble. They have a big mop like
water brush and they slather on some water to partially prewet the bisque
and then the brush glides.
Fred

>I doing some life size torsos, stoneware and porcelain. I haven't brushed for
>a while, but my recollection was that I was miserable at it b/c the clay
>sucked the water out of the glaze immediately when the brush hit it. Is
>there something you add to a Cone 10 glaze to make it flow for brushing?
>Valerie Johnson


From Fred Paget, Marin County, California, USA

Valerie Johnson on sat 31 aug 02


Thanks,
I doing some life size torsos, stoneware and porcelain. I haven't brushed for
a while, but my recollection was that I was miserable at it b/c the clay
sucked the water out of the glaze immediately when the brush hit it. Is
there something you add to a Cone 10 glaze to make it flow for brushing?
Valerie Johnson
Eads,Tennessee

Snail Scott on sun 1 sep 02


At 01:44 AM 8/31/02 EDT, you wrote:
>I haven't brushed for
>a while, but my recollection was that I was miserable at it b/c the clay
>sucked the water out of the glaze immediately when the brush hit it. Is
>there something you add to a Cone 10 glaze to make it flow for brushing?


Wet the bisque first! Hose it down good with
a spray bottle. The glaze will brush on smoothly,
since the dry bisque isn't sucking all the water
out.
-Snail

Snail Scott on mon 2 sep 02


You bet! Anything brushed onto bisque will usually brush
smoother on wetted bisque.

-Snail

At 07:58 AM 9/2/02 -0600, you wrote:
>Is this valid for underglazes, too?
>
>Thanks,
>Martin

Snail wrote:
>> Wet the bisque first...
>>

Martin Rice on mon 2 sep 02


Is this valid for underglazes, too?

Thanks,
Martin

>
> Wet the bisque first! Hose it down good with
> a spray bottle. The glaze will brush on smoothly,
> since the dry bisque isn't sucking all the water
> out.
> -Snail