mel jacobson on sat 29 oct 11
joe koons was a big fan of bentonite.
you have to experiment with amounts.
i use it in almost everything.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
David Woof on sun 30 oct 11
I second the notion that Bentonite is a "swear by" additive.
It is a use every time(never had a problem)additive for me=3D2C and I am sh=
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Or adherence to the old 1.5% rule still held fast to by many who do use it.=
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Someone published that 1.5 working percentage for a particular glaze eons a=
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It worked for that glaze but was most likely never intended as generalized =
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dogma.
I have gone up to 5.0% along with my two other favorites CMC and Glass Magi=
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for stubborn cases of high frit and/or iron saturated glaze compositions. =
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And if you can get some ball clay in there as well you just made the "best"=
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better still!!!
As Mel says below=3D3B "you have to experiment with amounts"
David Woof......Clarkdale=3D2C Arizona....
Is it fear of doing something "wrong"=3D2C or really not knowing enough bas=
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practical glaze chemistry that keeps some huddled in the dark clinging to a=
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nd repeating
the words of long dead masters spoken in their time from their experience??=
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Our Task is not to prove them wrong=3D2C but push their truths ahead by bui=
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Date: Sat Oct 29=3D2C 2011 2:52 pm ((PDT))
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joe koons was a big fan of bentonite.
you have to experiment with amounts.
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i use it in almost everything.
mel
from: minnetonka=3D2C mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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