Post #656052 by danlovestikis on Thu, Oct 18, 2012 9:28 AM

Hi Professor G, after reading your note I clear glazed your War God and its drying, see photos.
Hale Tiki I've never heard of this product. I'll research it, thank you. These painted on spots will not move so I'll have no problems like when I used the lead chunks. Also the color will darken but will remain blue.

Progress Report on the Wish List:

First off the ZipLock baggies do not leak air so the tikis waiting to be customized have not dried out at all. So now I can pour ahead when I need too.

This time I did four layers of black glaze to see if I can prevent it from popping off. I also wet the bisqued bowl to start capillary action to see if that helped.

Here it is drying with Professor G's War God.

The bowl made it into this load but the War God will have to wait until the next one. I started the kiln firing this load about 30 minutes ago.
Top layer.

Bottom layer.

For the Sacramento Crawl mugs I did three tests. This is the third that I never even got around to glazing because I decided on the Caribbean Blue and carving the sides as the final choice.

These colors darken as they fire with a clear coat.

When making glaze tests to save I do the bottom with 3 layers, center with 2 and the top with one. Then I do 2 layers of clear along the left side. This tells me what my final product will look like.

He is ebtikis Tiki Central Tapa Bob. First I used the darkest of the three colors.

I let it dry overnight and then I rubbed it off the high spots but not perfectly because it is messy tapa.

Next I used the two lighter colors and painted here and there.




When these are dry by tonight I'll paint it all with 2 layers of clear.

It's fun to pick out the next wish to work on, step by step they will all be finsihed one day. Cheers, Wendy