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Terra Sig on Bisque?

Question & answer time again folks.....

Do any of you use Terra Sig on bisqued pots? How does it work? How do you treat it? Naked raku? Pit-fire?

I was asked this question the other night after class, and I didn't exactly know how to answer it. Thought I might see if any of you could help me come up with an answer.

Thanks so much.

Lori

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Lori
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The way I was taught you had to use terra sig on greenware (leather hard). You can use englobe on bisque but it different ... I suppose I think of terra sig as a lot of work to get very fine particles of clay so that you can burnish it and this is done on leather hard clay. I may be entirely wrong on this but it is how I have always thought of it.

Donna

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dkat

I agree, thats how I think of terra sig too. A

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Xtra News

Yes, this is how I've always used Terra Sig - on greenware. But this person had heard or read about someone who used it on bisqued pieces. His problem was that there was no explanation of the "how-to".

I have to admit, it's got me stumped.....

I'll keep searching. :)

Thanks!

Lori

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Lori

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Hementions using Terra Sig on bisque and says:"I have applied very thin coats of terra sig to bisqueware withadequate results, but it never produces the level of shine ordurability of surface achieved with a sig applied to bone dry clay.Terra sig applied too thickly on bisqueware will almost always crackand peel." deg

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Dewitt

Thank you!

I'll forward this on to him. I believe this is what I was looking for

- I just wasn't looking in the right place.

Take care,

Lori

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Lori

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