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calcined clay to sub. ep. kaolin

updated wed 25 feb 04

 

Kat in the Hat on tue 24 feb 04


When you Calcine Clay, it losses it's plasticity.
The purpose of the EP Kaolin, in that recipe is for
the adhesive properties, (it needs to stick to the pot)
You may have problems with application.
Fired results wouldn't be effected.

Kat
kat@digitalfire.com

Jonathan wrote:

>When I was mixing up a batch of glaze this week I found that our studio had
>un out of EPK which is needed for the 20 x 5 glaze. I did, however, find
that
>I had enough Calcined Clay on hand.