Darlene Beverlin on sat 1 jan 05
This is how I do it. quick and easy. I have a two burner hot plate surrounded by fire brick. There is a commerical sized swallow baking pan on top of that. Make sure there is two or so inches between the burners and the pan. I use any kind of wax I can find cheap. Canning wax. Candle wax. Condition with a little oil if you like. Heat the wax up enough that it puts on a transulent layer of wax on the pot. If it is milking the wax is too cool and could peel off. I keep an electric fry pan for smaller pots as well. To make life easier when cleaning the bottoms after glazing I soak the low pile area rugs (available at wal mart for $4 or so) with water. I cover my glaze table with them and set the pots on damp rugs a little twist and most of the glaze is gone. For many pots no waxing is needed just a good swipe on the rug and the depth of the glaze is just right. Give this a try. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT FIRE PLUG THE FRY PAN INTO A TIMER. IT SHUTS OFF IF YOU
FORGET.
Good luck darlene
YOU ALL HAVE A SAFE HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR
>Hi there Clayarters,
>
>I've got something that's really getting me. I've been dipping the bottoms of my pots in hot parrafin wax (heated in an electric frying pan) and it's been working not too bad. But how in the world do you wax larger platters and that? I've tried the other wax, the brush on type you can buy, and it just gets real gummy on me and in the end the glaze still gets through, I get mad and there goes another platter down the drain. What am I doing wrong? What other methods are there? Are there better kinds of brush-on wax out there? Help! Thanks in advance...
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>I've also been heartily enjoying the throwing and centering thread here... just what I've needed and I'm looking forward to getting out to the studio and giving all this advice a try......
>
>Ben Friesen
>Stonepath Pottery
>Abbotsford, BC, Canada
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Sarah House on wed 5 jan 05
Cat wrote:
High Water Clay carries both kinds..
The other stuff they sell is called Forbes Wax, It is more of a water
based wax and does not separate like the Mobile wax. I like to mix the
two 50/50 then add a good dollop of water. That mixture flows really
smoothly with a foam brush (if you remember to stir it back together
before you use it).
Sarah House
off to prep my new studio, the electrically minded family members are
coming this weekend!!
http://www.skhpottery.com
In Little Switzerland, NC
soon to be
In Burnsville, NC
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