Martin Howard on sat 10 aug 02
One way which works for me is to put the wax resist in a large frying pan.
Heat it up and let it set. It sets with a lovely flat even surface.
I use beeswax and vegetable oil about 50/50.
Then use it set, just to wax the real bottom of the pot.
Just lightly rub the bottom of the pot on the solidified wax.
Rub with a circular motion and not too hard.
That way prevents a build up of a wax ring just up from the bottom which can
give an unfortunate finishing line to subsequent glaze.
Or don't bother with waxing at all, and just use a sponge to clean the
bottom free of glaze, squeezing out the sponge again into the glaze bucket
when you've finished with that particular glaze.
Or waste the glaze on pot bottoms but save time by using a large damp sponge
mat on which you rub the bottoms of all pots after glazing and before
placing in the kiln.
I tend to use method one more in the winter months because I have the boiler
on to keep me warm, melt the wax and burn up any household rubbish which I
cannot recycle in any other way.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 6th July 2002
ray found on sat 10 aug 02
I don't use wax, I use water, and let me explain why:
-water is basically free.
-water is clean
-water is very easy to use
and this is what I do and so far it is the best idea I have seen:
I have a piece of scrap carpet, thickly napped, household carpet. When I
start glazing I soak the carpet, and then before I dip the pot, or pour
it, or whatever, I wipe the pot along the carpet, then I simply do the
same again when I have finished, and the carpet wipes off the little bit
that gets on the bottom.
-ray
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Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 10:25 PM
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Subject: waxing your bottoms
One way which works for me is to put the wax resist in a large frying
pan.
Heat it up and let it set. It sets with a lovely flat even surface.
I use beeswax and vegetable oil about 50/50.
Then use it set, just to wax the real bottom of the pot.
Just lightly rub the bottom of the pot on the solidified wax.
Rub with a circular motion and not too hard.
That way prevents a build up of a wax ring just up from the bottom which
can
give an unfortunate finishing line to subsequent glaze.
Or don't bother with waxing at all, and just use a sponge to clean the
bottom free of glaze, squeezing out the sponge again into the glaze
bucket
when you've finished with that particular glaze.
Or waste the glaze on pot bottoms but save time by using a large damp
sponge
mat on which you rub the bottoms of all pots after glazing and before
placing in the kiln.
I tend to use method one more in the winter months because I have the
boiler
on to keep me warm, melt the wax and burn up any household rubbish which
I
cannot recycle in any other way.
Martin Howard
Webbs Cottage Pottery
Woolpits Road, Great Saling
BRAINTREE, Essex CM7 5DZ
01371 850 423
martin@webbscottage.co.uk
http://www.webbscottage.co.uk
Updated 6th July 2002
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