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moisture in materials : glaze substitutions; was -- re: clayart

updated wed 8 sep 04

 

Lee Love on wed 8 sep 04

value - Quartz,

David Hewitt wrote:

>The quartz that I buy has a percentage of water added to reduce the
>hazard of breathing in particles of silica. I am not sure what
>percentage this is, but think that it is a least 5%. Perhaps Steve mills
>can tell me what it is that I get from Bath Potters'
>
>
I think Typhoon 18 blew through yesterday. Was windy all night.

You can't keep the moisture out of the materials
here. I think it is one reason glazes are mixed by wet measure.

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