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zinc ox

updated thu 2 sep 04

 

Maid O'Mud on tue 31 aug 04


Hi all:

I've read many times on clayart that if/when my zinc gets lumpy, simply =
calcine. So, yesterday I included a bisque bowl with 1 kg of lumpy zinc =
in my bisque firing to my usual ^04.

Today, I have warm, lumpy zinc ox. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

Many TIA

Sam Cuttell
Maid O'Mud Pottery
RR 1
Melbourne, Ontario
N0L 1T0 =20
CANADA
=20
"First, the clay told me what to do.
Then, I told the clay what to do.
Now, we co-operate."
sam 1994
=20
http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
scuttell@ody.ca

Ilene Mahler on wed 1 sep 04


shouldn't bisque over 1000 degrees thats all it takes..Ilene in Conn. been
there done all of the wrong stuff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Maid O'Mud"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:29 PM
Subject: Zinc Ox


Hi all:

I've read many times on clayart that if/when my zinc gets lumpy, simply
calcine. So, yesterday I included a bisque bowl with 1 kg of lumpy zinc in
my bisque firing to my usual ^04.

Today, I have warm, lumpy zinc ox. Can anyone tell me what I did wrong?

Many TIA

Sam Cuttell
Maid O'Mud Pottery
RR 1
Melbourne, Ontario
N0L 1T0
CANADA

"First, the clay told me what to do.
Then, I told the clay what to do.
Now, we co-operate."
sam 1994

http://www.ody.ca/~scuttell/
scuttell@ody.ca

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Ivor and Olive Lewis on wed 1 sep 04


Dear Sam Cuttell,
Nothing done wrong so far as I can see.
All you need to do now is to break your lump of Zinc oxide down in a
mortar with a pestle. It should mull down into a fine powder.
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
.