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help..cracking standard 105

updated mon 30 sep 96

 

Elca Branman on thu 26 sep 96

I am posting this for a friend who has been using Standard's 105..low
fired white ware clay,,She makes clock faces, slab rolled, slab on
slab...Recently her clocks have been cracking and she's eliminated all
the variables...Has anyone else had problems ? Its for Carol Leong but
send responses to me...Elca Branman

Paula Coleman on thu 26 sep 96

I do not use 105 because I noticed it had a tendency to crack in drying. I
have a friend in Rhode Island who stopped using it for the same reason.

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Paula L. Coleman - Ceramic Artist

Doylestown, PA, USA
(soon to be moving to New Jersey after my wedding 10/26/96. Yay!)

Email: potter@comcat.com
Web: http://www.comcat.com/~potter/

Andrew S Lubow on thu 26 sep 96

When I have a large flat piece that I'm about to set out to dry I
sprinkle sand on the drying boards surface. The sand acts something like
a ball bearing and keeps the piece from sticking to the board.

On Thu, 26 Sep 1996 08:03:03 EDT Elca Branman writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>I am posting this for a friend who has been using Standard's 105..low
>fired white ware clay,,She makes clock faces, slab rolled, slab on
>slab...Recently her clocks have been cracking and she's eliminated
>all
>the variables...Has anyone else had problems ? Its for Carol Leong
>but
>send responses to me...Elca Branman
>