Janet Price on sat 17 feb 07
All,
Someone suggested spray starch as a way to get glaze to stick to an
already glazed pot. I either got the wrong kind or don't know what to
do with it. I sprayed it on and it ran in dribbles down the pot and
when it dried I dipped the pot and the glaze ran off like always. It
would be nice to have a good way to reglaze pots on which the glaze is
too thin or just doesn't look quite right.
The only solution I've found is to reglaze with a sort of thick gloppy
glaze. Cream breaking red works nicely for me over some of my glazes
but not all of them. It's got a sort of puddingy consistency that I
associate with gerstley borate. I can dip an already glazed and fired
pot in it and the glaze hangs on just as if it were bisque. I'm trying
a rhodes ash glaze now that is thick with unwashed ash and it stuck.
But I've no idea how it will look over another glaze. Still, it would
be nice if I could get the starch thing to work because then I could use
any of my glazes.
I'd be interested in more details about the starch solution or
suggesions of other glazes that are normally thick when in the proper
state for dipping. Maybe some glaze experts can describe this better.
Janet
PS Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about making pots that
could stand northeastern winters. I've decided to make a cache pot of
some sort and keep the baby japanese maple in an inner pot I can dump in
a hole in the ground over winter.
Tom Sawyer on sun 18 feb 07
Janet I have had success using commercial glazes over fired pots that turn
out unsatisfactory. I have used several laguna and spectrum glazes for this
purpose. Recently I have tried a few coyote glazes. Many of the commercial
glazes have lots of gum that allows them to stick to fired pots. If nothing
else it's a nice way to test layering and on occasion the results are great.
Tom Sawyer
Sue Roessel Dura on sun 18 feb 07
On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:39:50 -0500, you wrote:
>Someone suggested spray starch as a way to get glaze to stick to an
>already glazed pot. I either got the wrong kind or don't know what to
>do with it. I sprayed it on and it ran in dribbles down the pot and
>when it dried I dipped the pot and the glaze ran off like always. It
>would be nice to have a good way to reglaze pots on which the glaze is
>too thin or just doesn't look quite right.
I think hair spray works better. Best, Sue
Gail Dapogny on mon 19 feb 07
When I have to reglaze, I first briefly sand the pot with 80 mesh
sandpaper. Important: You will NOT notice any difference in the
pot's surface -- the sanding will seem irrelevant -- but the pot's
surface will absolutely take the glaze much better. After the
sanding, I spray lightly, and dry under a heat lamp. Then another
light-to-medium spray, more drying under lamp. It usually take about
three sprays. I have used spray starch (light application), but find
it unnecessary if I do the above.
I think dipping would be difficult to do. Also you have to be
careful not to get impatient and try to apply too much glaze in each
application.
Gail Dapogny in Ann Arbor
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2007 06:39:50 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> Someone suggested spray starch as a way to get glaze to stick to an
>> already glazed pot. I either got the wrong kind or don't know
>> what to
>> do with it. I sprayed it on and it ran in dribbles down the pot and
>> when it dried I dipped the pot and the glaze ran off like always. It
>> would be nice to have a good way to reglaze pots on which the
>> glaze is
>> too thin or just doesn't look quite right.
> I think hair spray works better. Best, Sue
>
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