Harry Crackpotter on wed 9 jul 03
John Britt wrote
"I never stir the dry glaze batch up first. Nor do I let it sit for 24 =
hours"
I agree one hundred percent. Don't make it harder on your self then it =
really is. Over the years I have heard all kinds of crazy things, and on =
the outside they don't look so crazy. Let the glaze sit for 24 hours so =
each particle absorbs water, sounds good, but that and many other things =
are just hooey.
I'll tell you a story how the over analyzing hooey can spread negative.
a few years back the university I was employed at purchased a fancy =
spray booth, shiny and clean, and it stayed that way for awhile. Then =
one day I was in the room when the instruction was going on. She had the =
students sieving twenty times standing on their heads and holding their =
mouth just right in order to spray glazes. (that is an exaggeration) =
Imagine the horror on their faces when I showed them one day how a =
person can go over to the glaze bucket and dip the glaze in the gun and =
get to spraying. I showed them in five minutes what took her two hours. =
Spray booth was used all the time after that. You can analyze anything =
to death, sometimes you just need step back think about what you are =
doing and just relax. So the glaze gun clogs ( I've never had it happen) =
wash it out.
not bad for an old crank pot, not a single pejorative.
Mr. Harry Atlee the cranky potter
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