Post #747909 by danlovestikis on Sun, Jul 26, 2015 8:42 PM

Dr.TikiMojo and VampiressRN it's a joy to make mugs for the crawl each year. Thank you for the kind comments which are greatly appreciated.

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Mondo-by-the-bay I will add you to the list, thank you.

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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

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-07-26 20:46 ]