heywood08 on tue 11 nov 03
I was hoping someone could help me out. I had posted a question about =
this a few days ago, but I thought I would try again. I need to fix a =
piece that I had already fired with a platinum overglaze. I heard that =
you can refire it to cone 06 and the overglaze will burn off. Is that =
the correct way? Can I reapply the glaze to the areas that need it and =
fire it (cone 019) again? This would save me from having to fire it =
twice. Thanks, RACHEL
Valice Raffi on thu 13 nov 03
> I need to fix a piece that I had already fired with a platinum overglaze.
>I heard that you can refire it to cone 06 and the overglaze will burn off.
>Is that the correct way? Can I reapply the glaze to the areas that need it
>and fire it (cone 019) again?
Rachel,
I have heard that you can burn off lusters, reapply and refire. My only
experience with trying this was on a piece that I'd applied a blue luster
to a matt glaze (on purpose). That part of the sculpture was fine, but I
decided the piece needed additional glazing in another area. When I
re-fired to ^06, I expected all the luster to burn off. It did burn off,
but left a bluish purple stain where the luster had been. I liked that
effect so much I didn't reapply the luster. (Lusters on matt glazes remain
matt)
You can try it on the piece itself and be open to a different look than you
expected, or take the long road; making a test piece with the same claybody
& glaze, fire, luster, fire again, luster and fire again.
Let us know how it turns out!
Valice
in Sacramento, working long hours in the studio, getting ready for a studio
sale I'm having with Charles Moore
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