Pat Southwood on thu 17 oct 02
Dear Linda,
Baby poo yellow is exactly the colour of the outside of my workshop, ( an
inherited colour, I hasten to add) my youngest is 5 and I had nearly
forgotten that precise shade.......Sometimes colour memory can be as strong
as smell memory......
Pat.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Knapp"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: Peeler Yellow (St. Johns) - how to replace Barium with
Strontium Carb.
> And I would be willing to bet that it will not be yellow - I have had no
> luck at all getting old yellow/barium glazes to come out yellow with
> strontium..... They come out a lovely baby poo color instead.
>
> Cheers!
> Linda
>
> June Perry wrote:
>
> >All you have to do to replace the barium with strontium carbonate is just
> >multiply the amount of barium in the recipe by .75. In this Peeler Yellow
> >recipes 3/4 of the 24 barium would then be 18 grams of Strontium
Carbonate,
> >using the 100% version of the recipe posted.
> >You may not get the same color substituting the strontium for the barium,
but
> >it will definitely be a safer glaze if the rest of it is in balance.
> >
> >Regards,
> >June Perry
> >http://www.angelfire.com/art2/shambhalapottery/index.html
> >
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