Dick & Gwen Schenz on tue 28 mar 00
Greetings,
I haven't been following Clayart for a long time now so excuse me if these
subjects have been covered. I'm posting this for a friend who is a
production potter, 25 years+, who doesn't do computers.
It seems that one of the main ingredients in almost all of her glazes is
Gerstley Borate. She just recently found out that the mine is either shut
down or soon to be shut down, and that GB will no longer be available. She
asked me to see if I could find any basic recipes that use Frits as the
main ingredients to which she could add various colorants.
If anyone has this sort of information and is willing to share it, please
help.
The interest would be in basic glossy and matte recipes for cone 5-7
oxidation firing.
Thank you for any information.
Dick Schenz
In Sunny Tucson
Ron Roy on thu 30 mar 00
Hi Dick,
Tell her I do this for a living and can probably convert all her recipes
using frits instead of GB. The best frit in most cases will be Ferro frit
3134 or Fusion frit F12.
My fee is $25 US per hour. I can do at least one glaze per hour - sometimes 2.
What I need are the recipes and can give better details after I see them.
Tell her I do this for many potters and companies and all information will
be kept private.
Let me know if you need more info.
RR
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Greetings,
>I haven't been following Clayart for a long time now so excuse me if these
>subjects have been covered. I'm posting this for a friend who is a
>production potter, 25 years+, who doesn't do computers.
>
>It seems that one of the main ingredients in almost all of her glazes is
>Gerstley Borate. She just recently found out that the mine is either shut
>down or soon to be shut down, and that GB will no longer be available. She
>asked me to see if I could find any basic recipes that use Frits as the
>main ingredients to which she could add various colorants.
>
>If anyone has this sort of information and is willing to share it, please
>help.
>The interest would be in basic glossy and matte recipes for cone 5-7
>oxidation firing.
>
>Thank you for any information.
>
>Dick Schenz
>In Sunny Tucson
Ron Roy
93 Pegasus Trail
Scarborough
Ontario, Canada
M1G 3N8
Evenings 416-439-2621
Fax 416-438-7849
Carol Brody on fri 31 mar 00
To Dick, the glaze converter
I, too, am firing at ^6, and may want to use your services sometime. Would
you please email me way to contact you. My email is cbkl@a0l.com
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