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Re: Glazing help

Any ideas please.

> > I am glazing a large bowl appox 30 cm across and 15 cm deep. > > The piece is too large to dip so I have glazed the inside by pouring the > glaze in and tipping it out. I have glazed the exterior by placing it > upside down and pouring the glaze over. > > The problem is I have been unsuccessful in glazing the rim, just a mess. I > have now scraped the glaze off the rim and letting it dry out to give it > another go. > > Any suggestions would bew appreciated. > > Cheers > > JW
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E.R.Somdahl
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I have a large plastic pan for just such pots. Pour over the pot so that the glaze goes into the plastic pan then dip the rim. Easy to pour the contents back into the glaze bucket and clean out the pan. I think you may see the type of pan I am talking about refered to as a dish pan (for doing dishes etc in when camping and such). Mine is about 12" in diameter and 6" deep. It's currently being used to rinse feet off in before kids venture back into the pool - keeps the grass out! =-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Penni Stoddart of Penelope's Pots Full Time Education Assistant, Part Time Potter

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Clayslinger

"annemarie" wrote in news:wFWVa.8369$ snipped-for-privacy@news02.tsnz.net:

Hello campers

Thank you for your great friendly advice.

The problem with glazing this pot is that it had no foot ring to grasp hold of.

I have glazed it now. What I did was to pour the glaze into a large wok. I then made up two lots of claws from wire coathangers that would hold the bowl by the rim and then the master stroke. I got a drinking straw and bent it into a U shape. I put one end of this up into the inside of the bowl and dipped it to the level I needed. As I dipped the bowl the trapped air came out through the straw and and I didn't end up with a large glob of compressed air bubbling out at once and spraying glaze where it wasn't wanted.

Cheers

JW

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Uncle John

That's a neat trick. It took a couple re-reads to figure out what you were doing, and a demo in the kitchen sink to prove (to myself) it worked, but it did, and wonderfully. I will say that it took me a minute to figure that the bowl was upside down (duh!) :>)

Thanks for the tip! Wayne in KW

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psci_kw

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