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fwd: re: glaze gone bad

updated wed 31 mar 04

 

william schran on tue 30 mar 04


>Resending, don't think it went through first time.
>
>Gene wrote>Is it possible or probable that a glaze can go bad???
>I started doing some raku today (white crackle) and my old reliable
>80/20 glaze started doing some crazy things. I got runs, thick and
>thin areas on the pieces and not very good crackle at all.
>This is the first time I've used this batch of glaze in about a year.<
>
>The clue here is the last statement - not using this glaze in a
>year. Both the gertsley and neph. sy. are partially soluble, so
>after a year one would expect problems.
>
>May want to mix the glaze dry and only mix with water what you'll
>use in the short term.
>Bill