Wayne Seidl on fri 10 nov 06
Lynne:
You don't need to enter anything in the subject line.
In the first box should appear "Clayart". Leave that alone.
In the NEXT box, enter your search terms. In your case "glaze settling".
Skip the authors boxes and in the date boxes enter the date you wish to
search, then hit enter. Entering NO dates means ALL relevant entries will
be called up from back as far as 1996. Then WAIT. Go get a cup of coffee
or something and check in a few minutes.
It's that easy.
Best,
Wayne Seidl
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Lynne Antone
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:11 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Glaze changing
I have been having glaze settling problems lately. I remember that a while
back someone referred to a discussion that was going on while I was off
list. Could someone give me the "Subject" line for this discussion. I
checked the Archives tonight and didn't have any luck.
We have recently installed a water softener, but I have always used
rainwater for all of my glazes. Today I was sieving one of my glazes into a
smaller bucket and all of a sudden, it began to harden or settle on the
bottom of the container, both the original and the one I was pouring into.
Maybe I got some of the softened water into the new bucket, but why would
the old one also start to harden on the bottom?
So if someone could lead me, I'll be glad to do some research. I did use a
little Epsom salts in another glaze that has also started to settle after a
few years of use and it seems to be better. I understand that one should not
add too much of Epsom salts to solve this problem, though.
Thanks,
Lynne Antone
--
"Whenever I feel blue, I just start breathing again"
Beaver Creek Arts
Olympia WA
USA
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Timothy Joko-Veltman on fri 10 nov 06
On 11/10/06, Lynne Antone wrote:
> I have been having glaze settling problems lately. I remember that a while back someone referred to a discussion that was going on while I was off list. Could someone give me the "Subject" line for this discussion. I checked the Archives tonight and didn't have any luck.
>
> We have recently installed a water softener, but I have always used rainwater for all of my glazes. Today I was sieving one of my glazes into a smaller bucket and all of a sudden, it began to harden or settle on the bottom of the container, both the original and the one I was pouring into. Maybe I got some of the softened water into the new bucket, but why would the old one also start to harden on the bottom?
>
> So if someone could lead me, I'll be glad to do some research. I did use a little Epsom salts in another glaze that has also started to settle after a few years of use and it seems to be better. I understand that one should not add too much of Epsom salts to solve this problem, though.
Can't be of much help with the Clayart archives, but a simple way to
solve the settling problem is to add 2-4% bentonite. However, don't
add bentonite to a wet glaze, because it will clump up and not be very
useful. Add it to the dry glaze and mix well.
Cheers,
Tim
Hilltop Pottery on fri 10 nov 06
I'm not sure if anyone else does this but I have added Bentonite to
already made glaze. I mixed it with warm water (it seems to work
better) and then added a little of the glaze to it then put in through
my sieve about 3 time then just added it to the rest of the glaze mixed
it up and sieved it once more. I may be sieving it too much but it has
worked for me.
Nancy
Timothy Joko-Veltman wrote:
> On 11/10/06, Lynne Antone wrote:
>> I have been having glaze settling problems lately. I remember that a
>> while back someone referred to a discussion that was going on while I
>> was off list. Could someone give me the "Subject" line for this
>> discussion. I checked the Archives tonight and didn't have any luck.
>>
>> We have recently installed a water softener, but I have always used
>> rainwater for all of my glazes. Today I was sieving one of my glazes
>> into a smaller bucket and all of a sudden, it began to harden or
>> settle on the bottom of the container, both the original and the one
>> I was pouring into. Maybe I got some of the softened water into the
>> new bucket, but why would the old one also start to harden on the
>> bottom?
>>
>> So if someone could lead me, I'll be glad to do some research. I did
>> use a little Epsom salts in another glaze that has also started to
>> settle after a few years of use and it seems to be better. I
>> understand that one should not add too much of Epsom salts to solve
>> this problem, though.
>
> Can't be of much help with the Clayart archives, but a simple way to
> solve the settling problem is to add 2-4% bentonite. However, don't
> add bentonite to a wet glaze, because it will clump up and not be very
> useful. Add it to the dry glaze and mix well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim
>
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Lynne Antone on fri 10 nov 06
I have been having glaze settling problems lately. I remember that a while back someone referred to a discussion that was going on while I was off list. Could someone give me the "Subject" line for this discussion. I checked the Archives tonight and didn't have any luck.
We have recently installed a water softener, but I have always used rainwater for all of my glazes. Today I was sieving one of my glazes into a smaller bucket and all of a sudden, it began to harden or settle on the bottom of the container, both the original and the one I was pouring into. Maybe I got some of the softened water into the new bucket, but why would the old one also start to harden on the bottom?
So if someone could lead me, I'll be glad to do some research. I did use a little Epsom salts in another glaze that has also started to settle after a few years of use and it seems to be better. I understand that one should not add too much of Epsom salts to solve this problem, though.
Thanks,
Lynne Antone
--
"Whenever I feel blue, I just start breathing again"
Beaver Creek Arts
Olympia WA
USA
Lynne Antone on fri 10 nov 06
Electricity out this morning when we got up, three hours later we are back on line. You've probably heard about the wet weather we have been having and all of the flooding. We sit hit and dry, the creek is on the back of our property, high enough for salmon, but none yet. The creek is much lower than the house, no fears there. We do however get water in the studio. The local moles love to make all sorts of tunnels on the hill above the studio to bring us a fresh supply when the soil gets saturated, like now. We had a small creek flowing through, but most everything is up on blocks in preparation for it, so just some sweeping/swabbing out and concrete to dry out. I just went out to check on my glazes and there is a small puddle starting, so more swabbing tonight, I fear. We have a whole plan for next year to ditch and drain away from the studio, but alas, that will be next year.
Anyway, I checked the blue glaze that I added the Epsom salts to and it is suspending nicely. The purple glaze was getting hard on the bottom, so added a tablespoon of Epsom salts, stirred well and will taste later ;>) I was hoping to avoid mixing up Bentonite and water to add, but may have to try that later. I have done it before with a white glaze and was not fun. I checked my recipes for these two glazes and see that there was no Bentonite in the original mix, so will be sure to do that at the new mixing stage. I still can't figure how the purple glaze that I mixed a year ago and use every couple of months should settle all of a sudden while I was transferring it to a new container. Odd.
Thanks for all the advice. I did look at all of the "glaze settling" messages in the Archives which ran very fast for me, no wait. And I also got the kiln started when the power came on. It has some of my new glaze tests, so will be reporting in a day or so about some of my transparent purple tests, can't wait.
Thanks all, again,
Lynne Antone
In soggy Washington State where somehow last night a 5 gallon bucket half full of dry cat food disappeared from the kiln shed. Can the raccoons be that strong or is a neighbor playing a trick on us? We have searched high and low and can't find it or it's lid anywhere. Stay dry all.
--
"Whenever I feel blue, I just start breathing again"
Beaver Creek Arts
Olympia WA
USA
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Lynne Antone
> I have been having glaze settling problems lately. I remember that a while back
> someone referred to a discussion that was going on while I was off list. Could
> someone give me the "Subject" line for this discussion. I checked the Archives
> tonight and didn't have any luck.
>
> We have recently installed a water softener, but I have always used rainwater
> for all of my glazes. Today I was sieving one of my glazes into a smaller bucket
> and all of a sudden, it began to harden or settle on the bottom of the
> container, both the original and the one I was pouring into. Maybe I got some of
> the softened water into the new bucket, but why would the old one also start to
> harden on the bottom?
>
> So if someone could lead me, I'll be glad to do some research. I did use a
> little Epsom salts in another glaze that has also started to settle after a few
> years of use and it seems to be better. I understand that one should not add too
> much of Epsom salts to solve this problem, though.
>
> Thanks,
> Lynne Antone
>
> --
> "Whenever I feel blue, I just start breathing again"
> Beaver Creek Arts
> Olympia WA
> USA
>
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