Hank Murrow on tue 21 oct 03
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 07:37 PM, John K Dellow wrote:
> A slight digression on this subject. I also made 100 beer mugs for use
> at my daughters wedding. These came out of the kiln the day before and
> were taken to the reception room that night. Most were put in the bar
> fridge ,but were left out. The barman had no problem filling the mugs
> from the fridge with draught beer , but could not fill the others. The
> beer just froft up . After some though I realized the mugs being fresh
> from a C10 firing were very dry and needed wetting . Problem partly
> solved. They still frothed a little .
Dear John;
When I was building an oil fired kiln at the Centro del Arte R=E9gional=20=
in La Paz, Baja California.........I was impressed with the red clay=20
mugs glazed with a local Neph sye and frit and fired at C/5 in an=20
electric kiln. The local restaurants used them to serve beer, because=20
after washing and being placed in the freezer, they frosted up from the=20=
water in the saturated body, so when the "Dos Equis" hit the mug, the=20
frost turned to ice and the beer formed only a minimal 'head', while=20
the frozen mugs kept the beer cold. Customers loved it, and the potters=20=
there were happy.
Cheers, Hank
John K Dellow on wed 22 oct 03
A slight digression on this subject. I also made 100 beer mugs for use
at my daughters wedding. These came out of the kiln the day before and
were taken to the reception room that night. Most were put in the bar
fridge ,but were left out. The barman had no problem filling the mugs
from the fridge with draught beer , but could not fill the others. The
beer just froft up . After some though I realized the mugs being fresh
from a C10 firing were very dry and needed wetting . Problem partly
solved. They still froft a little .
--
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
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