marcia selsor on thu 8 jan 04
Vince mentioned the excessiveness of the paint mixer and its frothy effects.
I agree that it may be excessive. I also have gotted frothy glaze just by mixing
with a drill. Some glazes tend to froth. I learn a trick from Richard Notkin
regarding how to eliminate bubbles from plaster before one pours it for a mold.
Squirt a diluted mixture of alcohal onto the surface. I have tried this with
frothy glazes as well. Rather than wait for the bubbles to disappear ...and
the glaze to re-settle, I squirt the glaze with my bottle of diluted alcohal
and the bubbles disappear instantly. The alcohal cuts the surface tension of
the bubbles.
I have not noticed any effects of the alcohal on the glaze.
Marcia Selsor
wayneinkeywest on thu 8 jan 04
Thank you for that Marcia. I've not yet started to play with glaze...
still trying to get my ducks in a row with regard to the equipment
I will need, so to speak.
We have had some success in our business using a product
known as "no-foam", which is basically a silicone based liquid.
One gives a small squirt of this liquid, and foam and bubbles
disappear. Amazing stuff. We use it for pools and spas.
I suppose a small quantity of wax resist would do the same
thing, though in either case, I question the addition of anything
to a glaze that would cause it NOT to stick to the bisque.
I'm going to have to work on this, and I'll keep the list posted.
Since the paint shaker I mentioned handles not only gallon
sized containers but also quarts (in both metal AND plastic varieties,
I see no reason I could not fill a container to capacity,
and avoid the whole "air in the mix"
problem to begin with. Again, more study is needed.
I will also
experiment with your alcohol suggestion. That seems promising.
Diluted alcohol...hmmmm....say, a weak whiskey sour or gin and tonic? LOL
Wayne Seidl
"The harder one works, the luckier one gets"
> Vince mentioned the excessiveness of the paint mixer and its frothy
effects.
> I agree that it may be excessive. I also have gotted frothy glaze just by
mixing
> with a drill. Some glazes tend to froth. I learn a trick from Richard
Notkin
> regarding how to eliminate bubbles from plaster before one pours it for a
mold.
> Squirt a diluted mixture of alcohal onto the surface. I have tried this
with
> frothy glazes as well. Rather than wait for the bubbles to disappear
...and
> the glaze to re-settle, I squirt the glaze with my bottle of diluted
alcohal
> and the bubbles disappear instantly. The alcohal cuts the surface tension
of
> the bubbles.
> I have not noticed any effects of the alcohal on the glaze.
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