Roxanne Hunnicutt on sun 15 aug 04
I just wondered if there is anything as good as Axner's Kiln Wash here in
the west coast? The shipping is the problem!
Roxanne in Oregon where it is HOT!
Earl Brunner on sun 15 aug 04
I use a mixture (recipe) that I got from Tom Coleman awhile back. It is 60
parts alumina hydrate, 30 parts EPK and 10 parts bentonite.
Earl Brunner in Las Vegas, NV where it's HOTTER!
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Roxanne
Hunnicutt
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:44 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Is there a west coast equivalent to Lee's Kiln Wash
I just wondered if there is anything as good as Axner's Kiln Wash here in
the west coast? The shipping is the problem!
Roxanne in Oregon where it is HOT!
Anne Wellings on mon 16 aug 04
I would appreciate hearing what are the good qualities of Axner's kiln wash
and the Coleman recipe. I would hope it would be that they do not crack,
flake off, turn glassy, or leave white marks on the pots.
Clay Art Center in Tacoma, WA makes a nice kiln wash called Z-Tec which I
believe contains milled zircon but I don't know what else. It does not
crack, flake off, or turn glassy. I use it not for glaze drips but because
some of my glazes fume onto the shelves and make halos that can show up on
the bottoms of other pots. I can paint the Z-tec right over these halos
without a noticeable buildup occurring. The thing I don't like about it is
that it powders off and leaves white on my dark red clay which is not
always easy to sand off. I'd like to find a wash that doesn't do that and
also has the same good qualities. If I used white clay, I don't think it
would be a problem.
Anne
Olympia, WA
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