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gum arabic/mistake in first message

updated fri 3 jun 05

 

Marcia Selsor on thu 2 jun 05


On Jun 2, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Marcia Selsor wrote:
I dissloved it in alcohol, not water. I was thinking alcohol when I
typed this this morning..not enough coffee, I guess.
> When i was doing crystalline glazes 35 years ago, I mixed the gum
> arabic in water to dissolve it and them added that solution to the
> glaze. I think I read that in either herbert Sanders book on Glazing
> for Special Effects OR Kenny's book , The Complete book on
> Potterymaking.
> Marcia Selsor
>