Orchard Valley Ceramics Arts Guild on thu 19 dec 02
>Using ordinary grocery-store paraffin for resist, just dipping the
>bottoms in it and touching up with a brush, a long thin dribble
>escaped onto the pot, my best jug so far. Is there any way of getting
>this stuff off?
A couple of thoughts along the lines of "prevention" :
It isn't necessary to wax the bottoms of most pots. Sit the pot in
a shallow pool of water for a few seconds. Remove it and immediately
dip into the glaze. The glaze won't stick to the saturated surface
on the bottom of the pot. This technique takes some experimentation,
but once you get it down, it's MUCH faster than waxing.
When you really need a resist, try liquid latex instead of wax.
Mistakes peel off with no residue.
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