Ababi on wed 21 jan 04
Hello Russel
The CMC gives you another function: It makes the "paper" smooth without
"flying glaze"
I add here a letter that my friend Israel had sent to clayart.
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Dear fred and clayArters
Peptapon is a good organic gum and binder that can be used almost the
same
way that we use CMC. I think it should also influence flocculating
properties of slip. I got some of it as a sample from my supplier years
ago. I used it as a binder for to harden raw glazes surface. Its gel
isn't
transparent like CMC gel; it is thicker at the same amount of water.
Prepare as usual CMC preparation up to 45 gram of binder in 1 liter of
very
hot water. Mix as well as you can, leave for a day and mix again.
It is a German product.
Produced by ceramic additives department of ZSCHIMMER & SCHWARZ
http://www.zschimmer-schwarz.de/zs/ehaupt.htm
keramik@zschimmer-schwarz.de
Israel Shmueli
Petach-Tikva, Israel
bpottery@netvision.net.il
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I (Ababi) mix it this way: Each 1 gram into 20 gram of boiling water mix
well. When the solution is cold I add some bleach and keep in the
fridge.
Ababi Sharon
Glaze addict
Kibbutz Shoval Israel
ababisha@shoval.org.il
http://ababi.active.co.il
http://www.matrix2000.co.nz/Matrix%20Demo/Ababi.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Russel
Fouts
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:29 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Bentonite as a glaze hardener
I'm looking at different things to harden the surface of my maiolica
glaze.
I'm leaning towards bentonite added to the glaze slurry since I have it
and
since it is inorganic and won't rot.
The only question I really have is can it slow down the drying like CMC?
I
don't want that. At the moment the glaze dries pretty quickly with few
enough drips and runs as to be no problem at all.
Thanks in advance.
Russel
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Russel Fouts on wed 21 jan 04
I'm looking at different things to harden the surface of my maiolica glaze.
I'm leaning towards bentonite added to the glaze slurry since I have it and
since it is inorganic and won't rot.
The only question I really have is can it slow down the drying like CMC? I
don't want that. At the moment the glaze dries pretty quickly with few
enough drips and runs as to be no problem at all.
Thanks in advance.
Russel
Russel Fouts
Mes Potes & Mes Pots
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 223 02 75
Mobile: +32 476 55 38 75
Http://www.mypots.com
Home of "The Potters Portal"
Over 2300 Pottery Related Links!
Updated frequently
My work can also be seen on:
The World Crafts Council International Site: http://www.wccwis.gr
The World Crafts Council Belgium Site: http://wcc-bf.org (English Pages)
EasyCraft: http://www.easycraft.org
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that
we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only
unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American
public." --U.S. President (and Nobel Peace Prize winner) Theodore
Roosevelt.
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