Post #612113 by danlovestikis on Sun, Oct 30, 2011 1:45 PM

You have been so busy. I needed to go back and read your thread from start to finish. Doing that I found you had asked me a question that I missed. Here's how you paint on glazed ceramics and have it stick.

You clean the surface with rubbing alcohol and do not touch an area to be painted with fingers or the paint will not stick.

Use Liquitex glossies. I used to get it from Michael's with coupons but they stopped carrying it in my area so now I order it through Dick Blick's on-line store. They are horrible and often half of the lid are loose and paint is all over the inside of the box.

After you paint let it dry for 24 or more hours. Then you bake it in the oven at 325 degrees (do not preheat that's bad for ceramics and place them on a cookie sheet) for 45 minuets. Let the ceramics cool in the closed oven until they are room temperature.

As long as the piece is not heated the paint if fine. Put it in a dishwasher and paint will go everywhere. Just like the red paint on the old Harvey's mugs. Lots of vintage mugs etc. have this cold paint and it has survived well.

I'm enjoying your journey creating fine art. Cheers, Wendy