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M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 10863	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Tue, Jan 13, 2015 6:36 AM Interesting bathroom sign Jon. TU, glad to see you're in :) RVICTOR, here's an underglaze tip you may be able to use. When underglazes come from the kiln they have a very flat finish and it is difficult to tell if you have good coverage, especially with large areas of dark colors. When you cover them in clear and fire them you suddenly reveal streaks but now it's too late to fix them. Soak your fired, underglazed piece in water for a few minutes to bring out the color and you can see areas that don't have good coverage. Dry, this shirt looked fine but after I soaked it I saw several areas that needed touch-up. Once the new underglaze is dry I will coat it with clear and fire it, I don't need to fire the underglaze before putting on the clear :) Soaking in a sink of water, you can see some of the splotchy areas.

Interesting bathroom sign Jon.
TU, glad to see you're in :)

RVICTOR, here's an underglaze tip you may be able to use. When underglazes come from the kiln they have a very flat finish and it is difficult to tell if you have good coverage, especially with large areas of dark colors. When you cover them in clear and fire them you suddenly reveal streaks but now it's too late to fix them. Soak your fired, underglazed piece in water for a few minutes to bring out the color and you can see areas that don't have good coverage. Dry, this shirt looked fine but after I soaked it I saw several areas that needed touch-up. Once the new underglaze is dry I will coat it with clear and fire it, I don't need to fire the underglaze before putting on the clear :)

Soaking in a sink of water, you can see some of the splotchy areas.

Post #735055 by MadDogMike on Tue, Jan 13, 2015 6:36 AM