Wendy Cevola - New colors of the Frank mug by Frankoma now available. - Other Crafts

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9082	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Jul 26, 2015 8:39 PM hang10tiki they are still waiting for a new home. I think everyone is out having a great weekend...as it should be. First the 15 fire, then the 10 bridge collapse and now the roof of the Cosmopolitan goes up in smoke. That's three so you should be OK now. =========================== Update on glazing the Sacramento Crawl mug for October 2015. I opened all the jars for glazing the inside of each mug and scraped all the crystals off the bottoms and shook them really well to disperse them. I sprayed the inside of each mug and then I poured the glaze in and out of five mugs and that used up one $18 jar of glaze. I have 60 mugs to do. The glaze was far too thick and too expensive and I didn't have enough jars. THE REMEDY. So for the next batch I filled the mug with water and then poured it into the next mug. I did this for five and I still had enough glaze left to do 5 more. Yippee this looked just right in thickness. As I finished I turned them upside down so the the bottom of the mug didn't get runoff water. So now I started again. Pour it in and rotate until all the sides are glazed a couple of times. I buy glass vases in thrift store in the sizes that fit mugs that I make. So while I'm glazing I have a couple draining into the vase. This keeps too much from accumulating at the bottom of the mug which can cause the mug to crack during firing. I used a cloth to wipe off any that ran to the outside of the mug. It took one day to do the 60 mugs. I use the empty jars so I washed them. Two things, you do not want the crystals to go down the drain because they will build up and make a blockage. Second I just pour the rinse water through the wire mesh and I can add these to other jars of the glaze or save them to mix with clear and have a new glaze. I think I'll save some up from a lot of different jars and then have some fun. Cheers, Wendy

hang10tiki they are still waiting for a new home. I think everyone is out having a great weekend...as it should be.
First the 15 fire, then the 10 bridge collapse and now the roof of the Cosmopolitan goes up in smoke. That's three so you should be OK now.

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Update on glazing the Sacramento Crawl mug for October 2015.

I opened all the jars for glazing the inside of each mug and scraped all the crystals off the bottoms and shook them really well to disperse them.

I sprayed the inside of each mug and then I poured the glaze in and out of five mugs and that used up one $18 jar of glaze. I have 60 mugs to do. The glaze was far too thick and too expensive and I didn't have enough jars.

THE REMEDY.

So for the next batch I filled the mug with water and then poured it into the next mug. I did this for five and I still had enough glaze left to do 5 more. Yippee this looked just right in thickness.

As I finished I turned them upside down so the the bottom of the mug didn't get runoff water.

So now I started again. Pour it in and rotate until all the sides are glazed a couple of times.

I buy glass vases in thrift store in the sizes that fit mugs that I make. So while I'm glazing I have a couple draining into the vase. This keeps too much from accumulating at the bottom of the mug which can cause the mug to crack during firing.

I used a cloth to wipe off any that ran to the outside of the mug. It took one day to do the 60 mugs.

I use the empty jars so I washed them. Two things, you do not want the crystals to go down the drain because they will build up and make a blockage.

Second I just pour the rinse water through the wire mesh and I can add these to other jars of the glaze or save them to mix with clear and have a new glaze. I think I'll save some up from a lot of different jars and then have some fun.

Cheers, Wendy

Post #747908 by danlovestikis on Sun, Jul 26, 2015 8:39 PM