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very smelly glaze

updated fri 4 jun 99

 

susan davy on mon 31 may 99

An interesting Glaze situation...we are using a glaze out of Val Cushing's
Handbook called Tomato Red...cone 10 reduction....
The glaze itself is beautiful, and very trouble free....the only problem is =
that
it smells like a new hair permanent=21=21 We mix in 5 gallon buckets that =
have
lids....uff da what a smell...

the formula is as follows:
Kona F-4 Spar......45 gm
Whiting................ 7 gm
Bone Ash............ 11 gm
Flint.................... 24 gm
Grolleg (we use
EPK)................ 7 gm
Magnesium
Carbonate....... 6 gm
Red Iron Oxide.... 8 gm
Bentonite........... 2 gm

Anyone got any ideas on what is causing the smell??

Thanks in Advance=21
PS..I finally have my website done...http://www.davypottery.com

June Perry on tue 1 jun 99

It's the bone ash. I have the same problem. You can put a little chlorox in
the batch or live with the smell. :-(

Warm regards,
June

Bob Freitas on tue 1 jun 99

Hi to All,
I'd guess it was the Magnesium Carb that was smelling, tho' the bone ash is a
suspect also.
HTH
Bob

susan davy wrote:

> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> An interesting Glaze situation...we are using a glaze out of Val Cushing's
> Handbook called Tomato Red...cone 10 reduction....
> The glaze itself is beautiful, and very trouble free....the only problem is th
> it smells like a new hair permanent!! We mix in 5 gallon buckets that have
> lids....uff da what a smell...
>
> the formula is as follows:
> Kona F-4 Spar......45 gm
> Whiting................ 7 gm
> Bone Ash............ 11 gm
> Flint.................... 24 gm
> Grolleg (we use
> EPK)................ 7 gm
> Magnesium
> Carbonate....... 6 gm
> Red Iron Oxide.... 8 gm
> Bentonite........... 2 gm
>
> Anyone got any ideas on what is causing the smell??
>
> Thanks in Advance!
> PS..I finally have my website done...http://www.davypottery.com

Jeri Palmer on wed 2 jun 99

Smell? Two words: BONE ASH It always stinks like that. Jeri

John Rodgers on wed 2 jun 99

-- [ From: John Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --

Interesting!!

The production studio I am affiliated with has a glaze that smells like
dead tuna fish!!

Fortunately, the smell disappears when the glaze is fired.

John Rodgers
In New Mexico
-------- REPLY, Original message follows --------

Date: Monday, 31-May-99 08:42 PM

From: susan davy \ Internet: (pottery@minot.com)
To: Clayart \ Internet: (clayart@lsv.uky.edu)

Subject: very smelly glaze

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
An interesting Glaze situation...we are using a glaze out of Val Cushing's
Handbook called Tomato Red...cone 10 reduction....
The glaze itself is beautiful, and very trouble free....the only problem is
that
it smells like a new hair permanent!! We mix in 5 gallon buckets that have
lids....uff da what a smell...

the formula is as follows: Kona F-4 Spar......45 gm
Whiting................ 7 gm
Bone Ash............ 11 gm
Flint.................... 24 gm
Grolleg (we use
EPK)................ 7 gm
Magnesium
Carbonate....... 6 gm
Red Iron Oxide.... 8 gm
Bentonite........... 2 gm

Anyone got any ideas on what is causing the smell??

Thanks in Advance!
PS..I finally have my website done...http://www.davypottery.com


-------- REPLY, End of original message --------

Mike Gordon on thu 3 jun 99

Did I hear ( read ) the word SMELLY???????? Listen up Laguna Clay Co.
IT'S BAAAAAAK! Smelly Soldate60. The old Kerosene problem, again!
SOMEBODY should shake their cage! Mike

Shamsu Mohamad on thu 3 jun 99




>From: susan davy
>Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Subject: very smelly glaze
>Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:42:25 EDT
>
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>An interesting Glaze situation...we are using a glaze out of Val Cushing's
>Handbook called Tomato Red...cone 10 reduction....
>The glaze itself is beautiful, and very trouble free....the only problem is
>that
>it smells like a new hair permanent!! We mix in 5 gallon buckets that have
>lids....uff da what a smell...
>
>the formula is as follows:
>Kona F-4 Spar......45 gm
>Whiting................ 7 gm
>Bone Ash............ 11 gm
>Flint.................... 24 gm
>Grolleg (we use
> EPK)................ 7 gm
>Magnesium
> Carbonate....... 6 gm
>Red Iron Oxide.... 8 gm
>Bentonite........... 2 gm
>
>Anyone got any ideas on what is causing the smell??
>
>Thanks in Advance!
>PS..I finally have my website done...http://www.davypottery.com
>Dear Susan,

Bone ash is causing the smell, I have an experience using bone china slip
from Wedgewood UK during my MA 1997...similar problem ( rotten smell),
according to my lecturer is caused by bone ash.


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