Terra Sig on Bisque?

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Question & answer time again folks.....Do any of you use Terra Sig on bisqued pots?  How does it work?  How doyou treat it?  Naked raku?  Pit-fire?I was asked this question the other night after class, and I didn'texactly know how to answer it.  Thought I might see if any of you couldhelp me come up with an answer.Thanks so much.LoriKeep your face to the sun - you don't see the shadows.    This is what the sunflower does.          ~Unknown~

dkat · Accepted Answer

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

Xtra News · Answer

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

Lori · Answer

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

Dewitt · Answer

See   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

Lori · Answer

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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