mel jacobson on sun 25 feb 07
wax that we melt with heat is petroleum based.
so.
you can add other oils.
vegetable based oil works,
i use turpentine, and it thins the final mass.
it paints better. you have to experiment to get
the thickness just right...
so much depends on how hot you melt your wax.
you must be careful.
i use an electric frying pan. have it set at the
right temp/then just unplug it. the heat setting
has not changed in 40 years.
just avoid really volatile fuels.
you know...gasoline.
i wonder how many art rooms have had fires
from hot wax, those old electric hot plates and
batik. phoum, flame four feet high.
throw a towel over the entire mess.
never happened to me, but i have seen it.
hot plates are for boiling water, and that is it.
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Marcia Selsor on sun 25 feb 07
Mel,
I used how wax in an electric frying pan for many years (decades) in
my ceramics program, but it was really stinky when someone would turn
it up too high and leave it..
Also the petroleum fumes are not good for you. You might recommend
use in a well vented area.
I have seen many brushes ruined in hot wax. Kids just didn't seem to
"get it" about brushes in latex not wax.
Never did have a fire.
I learned about hot wax from my teacher, Paula Winokur, who was a
production potter back in the 60s.
She is now a porcelain sculptor doing amazing huge work.
Marcia Selsor
http://marciaselsor.com
Kathy McDonald on sun 25 feb 07
I have been glazing indoors this winter.
Didn't want to use other flammables or turpentine
because I can only open the one window, so I took
a chance and used an idea from a workshop from years gone
by.
I added a couple of tablespoons of petroleum jelly
to my wax pellets and alumina then melted at my usual
temp. (about 360 on the frying pan ).
Seems to work very nicely. Perhaps even more fluid than the
turps.
Can anyone tell me if there is a problem with using the
petroleum
jelly?
Kathy
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Subject: wax additions
wax that we melt with heat is petroleum based.
so.
you can add other oils.
vegetable based oil works,
i use turpentine, and it thins the final mass.
it paints better. you have to experiment to get
the thickness just right...
so much depends on how hot you melt your wax.
you must be careful.
i use an electric frying pan. have it set at the
right temp/then just unplug it. the heat setting
has not changed in 40 years.
just avoid really volatile fuels.
you know...gasoline.
i wonder how many art rooms have had fires
from hot wax, those old electric hot plates and
batik. phoum, flame four feet high.
throw a towel over the entire mess.
never happened to me, but i have seen it.
hot plates are for boiling water, and that is it.
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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