Post #623157 by danlovestikis on Wed, Feb 1, 2012 8:38 AM

Hi Chuck Tatum is Tiki, thank you they were fun to do and they are once again storage.

little lost tiki I did miss you but those paintings you finished were so wonderful it was worth not seeing you this time. I'll look forward to next event.

Progress Report on the Zombie Torch

Just before we left for Don the Beachcomer's I opened the molds that held #11 and #12 mugs. One had the largest air bubble at the top that I had seen so far. I wrapped them in plastic so that they wouldn't dry so I could clean them up when we were back home.

The whole time we were gone I thought about this problem. Here is what I did when we poured Torch number #12 and #13 yesterday. I now have one mug so the numbers backed up by one.

This is what I figured out to do. I don't know yet if it worked. I put a plug into the top opening into the mug.

I poured in some strained slip.

I let it sit for five minutes.

I poured out the remaining slip.

I wiped off the excess so the mold pieces could come together.

I pulled out the plug.

I put the mold together. We poured the two mugs as usual and they are sitting upside down in the garage. Later today I will see if they are OK.

I cut off the top of the mug with the huge air bubble.

I cleaned it up.

So in the garage drying are 11 Torch mugs and 1 regular mug.

Later today I'll find out if this worked or if I've made buried air bubbles that will explode in the kiln later on!

Thanks for (as little lost tiki would say) popping in, Wendy