Post #598886 by LavaLounger on Sat, Jul 23, 2011 8:16 AM

Cold paint. Sheesh. Can't believe I've never heard of it! I've done ceramics for 20 years or more and, seriously, never heard of cold paint. :::grumble::: I'm such a moron.

I have a brainstorm, so I'm going to try to fix them. Considered doing an overglaze to repair them but I'm pretty sure that Trader Vic's shield is a decal and will fire off, not to mention exploding the mug in the kiln. But I do have glass paints. Still requires 325-degree bake process. Might have to sacrifice one of the mugs to test the idea...they're ruined as it is. I've painted tiki stuff on bottles and glass stemware, (such as Lava Juice theme on my 151 Rum float dispenser-lol)....so glass paint could work. Plus, it'd take dishwasher abuse.

In case anyone wonders, I have bad athsma related allergies so keeping tiki clean is a full time job or I'd have to get rid of it all, I even wash the grass skirting and matting-I'll do most anything to keep tiki clean so I can keep the tiki bar.

I'm guessing so I don't tread on TC protcol, I should post my work and results in the craft section or whatever part of forums it should go?? Yes??

cold paint.....sheesh.
LavaLounger
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