Dot Burnworth on tue 20 dec 05
Hi there folks,
I have been having a frustrating problem with my terra sig-ed
horsehair pieces--each of them yellows after they are finished and
washed...I've eliminated Calgon from my terra sig, thinking it might
be a fragrance problem, and that seemed to help, but now it is back.
Could it be iron or some other metal in my water (that I'm washing
with...I use distilled in my terra sig.)???
Dot in CT.
Mud Duck Pottery on tue 20 dec 05
Dot
Just curious why do you wash your horsehair pots???
You can take a look at mine on our web site. And we never wash them.
Gene & Latonna
mudduck@mudduckpottery.com
www.mudduckpottery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dot Burnworth"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 8:42 AM
Subject: yellowing horsehair
> Hi there folks,
> I have been having a frustrating problem with my terra sig-ed
Julie Beutler on wed 21 dec 05
Hi Dot-
I have been horsehair firing for about 6 months now, some at home, some
at a friends and some at the place I teach...in my experiences it is the
water I wash them in that makes them yellow. I am cleaning them in 3
different towns so some well water and some city water. Some of the city
water is known not to be the best "city" water since it's surrounded by
farm fields and run off...that seems to make the yellow the most. I
have embraced the yellow on some pieces while others I have loved the
stark white so much I have taken to cleaning up with a green scrubby and
no water. You may want to use distilled water for cleaning also, not
just your terra sig. If you spray your piece with any kind of
commercial sealant (like clear spray paint or "glaze" in a can) it may
also be from that, but it would be white before you sprayed it.
Julie A. Beutler
The 577 Foundation
www.577foundation.org
419-872-0305
Bruce Girrell on wed 21 dec 05
Julie Beutler wrote:
> in my experiences it is the water I wash them in that makes them yellow.
Why are you washing your pots?
Bruce "mystified" Girrell
Bonnie Staffel on thu 22 dec 05
Julie wrote:
>I have been horsehair firing for about 6 months now, some at home, some
at a friends and some at the place I teach...in my experiences it is the
water I wash them >in that makes them yellow.
When I was at a friend's studio when washing the smoked and pit fired
pots I also got a lot of yellow on the white areas. We decided that it
was the sulfur in the well water that we used. The odor of sulfur was
not really apparent except in the upstairs bathroom when brushing my
teeth. I didn't mind the addition of that color as I felt it was a
natural occurrence in the process of doing rustic firing methods. Those
pieces have been sold so I do not know if the yellow faded or not.
Warm regards,
Bonnie Staffel
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