Lily Krakowski on wed 12 feb 03
For one of my glaze workshops I made test tiles with common householkd
products as glaze. Dishwasher detergent turned out to bea very nice at
c.6.I of course tried Tums, baking soda washing soda, kaopectate....HOWEVER
the trouble with dishwashing detergent is the chlorine in it....fumes etc.
Ann Brink writes:
> Gayle Bair said: "Now I am experimenting with very thin applications..
> what I can only describe as glaze washes."
>
> This is an interesting idea to me too. I like the idea of just fluxing the
> surface of the exterior of a pot, so you can feel the texture of the clay.
> This also contrasts well with a smoothly glazed interior of a bowl, for
> instance. I have a bucket of what I call "Stain-dip", because it is an iron
> glaze, very watery, into which I sometimes quickly swish a pot in and out
> (count "1"), then after a few minutes, glaze the inside.
>
> On a related subject, I remember reading here, in connection with soda ash
> washes, that the liquid detergent intended for automatic dishwashers
> contains similiar ingredients, so I tried a test tile, brushing some on half
> the tile. I must have used too much, because it looked just like a
> transparent shiny glaze....this was at cone 6.
>
> Ann Brink, Lompoc CA
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Lili Krakowski
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