Wendy Cevola - Zombie Hut movie and Sven's new book on display. - Other Crafts

J JenTiki Grand Member (1 year) Home of the best rum collection in NC Joined: Jun 16, 2006 Posts: 2336	J JenTiki Posted posted on Thu, Feb 11, 2016 10:44 AM On 2016-02-11 07:41, danlovestikis wrote: I haven't found a better way to do this so the clean up of this first step is a huge job. 6 down 24 to go. I don't really know anything about glazing ceramics, so this might be a silly suggestion, but ... would it be possible to dip the mug upside down in wax, just up to the edge of the coconut, and maybe rub the edge of the coconut with beeswax before pouring in the glaze for the inside? I would think that would create a resist to keep the glaze from sticking to the waxed parts. Then you could fire it once with just the inside glazed, the wax would burn off, then glaze the rest and fire again. Would that even work? Just a thought.

On 2016-02-11 07:41, danlovestikis wrote:
I haven't found a better way to do this so the clean up of this first step is a huge job.

6 down 24 to go.

I don't really know anything about glazing ceramics, so this might be a silly suggestion, but ... would it be possible to dip the mug upside down in wax, just up to the edge of the coconut, and maybe rub the edge of the coconut with beeswax before pouring in the glaze for the inside? I would think that would create a resist to keep the glaze from sticking to the waxed parts. Then you could fire it once with just the inside glazed, the wax would burn off, then glaze the rest and fire again. Would that even work? Just a thought.

Post #758984 by JenTiki on Thu, Feb 11, 2016 10:44 AM