MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:07 AM Looks like the repair worked! Mixed ground up, bisqued porcelain (same as the mug) with enough glaze to make a thick paste and pushed it into the crack. When dry, I painted one more coat of glaze over it and fired it again. The porcelain powder doesn't shrink since it's already fired and the glaze serves as a flux. I borrowed a kilowatt-hour meter from my electric utility company to determine my firing cost. The good news is that a 5 hour glaze run cost me about 60 cents! (4.6 kWh x $0.13) Good thing it's cheap, I've logged 25 firings since July. The bad news is that it melted the $200 meter! We'll see how that goes when I return it today :lol: [ Edited by: MadDogMike 2008-10-08 09:54 ]

Looks like the repair worked! Mixed ground up, bisqued porcelain (same as the mug) with enough glaze to make a thick paste and pushed it into the crack. When dry, I painted one more coat of glaze over it and fired it again. The porcelain powder doesn't shrink since it's already fired and the glaze serves as a flux.

I borrowed a kilowatt-hour meter from my electric utility company to determine my firing cost. The good news is that a 5 hour glaze run cost me about 60 cents! (4.6 kWh x $0.13) Good thing it's cheap, I've logged 25 firings since July. The bad news is that it melted the $200 meter! We'll see how that goes when I return it today :lol:

[ Edited by: MadDogMike 2008-10-08 09:54 ]

Post #412279 by MadDogMike on Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:07 AM