Lolli Cook on thu 8 sep 05
Latex Brushes - keep one or two in a sealed jar with the hair imersed in
latex, or in a ziplock bag, thus making the brushes reusable. sometimes I
freeze them. I will also wrap in plastic and freeze a paint roller. (I make
latex molds but will now try it for resist!)
I love using masking tape, the crisp lines and forms on raku especially, if
you leave it on and it is covered in glaze you will get spots on the masked
areas, I always peel it off.
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From: "m.mshelomi"
<m.mshelomi@KNOLOGY.NET>
Reply-To: Clayart
<CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG>
To:
CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Wax Resist Peeling
Off
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:19:00 -0400
>Have had no
trouble when using the following:
> plain old wax resist from Axner
or MN clay
> melted paraffin in an old electric fry pan used with a
sponge
>brush,
>piece of sponge or reg.
>
brush
>Picked up some latex that I really like but, it has to be
peeled of
>before
>firing.(also requires a supply of
inexpensive, throw away brushes
>because
>the brushes are
unusable after the latex).
>pottermim
>
>----- Original
Message -----
>From: "William & Susan Schran User"
<wschran@COX.NET>
>To:
<CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005
4:45 PM
>Subject: Re: Wax Resist Peeling
Off
>
>
>>On 9/6/05 9:04 AM, "Carole Fox"
<carolefox@INFOGIST.COM> wrote:
>>
>>>I left
the
>>>wax to dry overnight, and when I came back the next
morning, the
>>>wax had
>>>curled up and peeled
away from the pots in irregular strips,
>>>taking
>>>uneven
>>>thicknesses of
the underlying clear glaze with it.
>>
>>I've also had
this problem with Campbell's wax emulsion.
>>
>>Getting
ready to put in an order for more wax
emulsion.
>>
>>Anybody have a brand that works well for
over glaze
application?
>>
>>
>>--
>>William
"Bill" Schran
>>Fredericksburg,
Virginia
>>
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Kathy Stecker on sat 10 sep 05
I've been able to be somewhat successful with removing latex from brushes I
had forgotten to either apply soap initially to or simply left out to dry by
softening the latex in ammonia.Latex can also be spread with one of those rubber
type tip paint brushes that are great for sculpture and smoothing as well and
those clean easily when dry. I've used Q-tips as well.Now if I can only find
the strip of latex that I masked a carved piece with . I applied the latex in
many coats as you would for a mold-was hoping to test it out as a relief
pattern by rubbing the mold onto another pot or running it thru the slab
roller-dang where is that thing?
I have also had success with quilters 1/4 inch width tape for masking-you
just need to get it off early enough that the glaze edge doesn't chip or wet down
the very edge where that might happen before you peel with a sponge lightly.
Made a large pot today with clay that was a bit too hard-my aching hands-but
like the pot a lot-want to do an interesting fastening for the lid-wish David
Hendley lived nearby so I could pick his brain. So David how bout a workshop
on lid attachments? in the future?
Kathy Stecker
Winter Springs FL
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