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 Mon, Feb 15, 2016 7:56 AM TikiAno I hope you had a wonderful Valentines Day. Comparing Las Vegas to a visit with hang10tiki and Janelle the visit with them won hands down. They made the trip so much fun. We only found 1 mug in LV all the rest were found on the way home. It kept the long drive interesting. More information on the latex below. I have sprayed some of the crawl mugs. These HTHG's are just going to always be hard because there are no shortcuts. I will try Swizzles suggestion next time. I have the wrap, I have to see the amount of time to wrap and remove vs Dan's labor. Ceramics as you know are not an easy art form. You have to have lots of time to get things done. You know from experience. I'm so glad you like my art. I like your swap mug. I got to see hang10tikis in person, it's great too. hang10tiki after seeing you two the rest of LV was anticlimactic. Thank you for the fun visit and treasures. Remember the candle can be a perpetual gift. Given to us, given to you, who would be next??? ======================= On Saturday we went to Alpha Fired Arts to buy supplies. We buy our slip by having them fill 36 gallon jugs 1/2 full. He fills them right in the car. This way when we get home I can add water if their mix is too thick and then Dan stirs them with a bat. They had the Latex. However it came in 2 once bottles for $2.65 and it's been discontinued by Duncan. They said you have to coat it on thick or it breaks up and takes forever to remove. This is not going to work for the Hot Tub Hula Girls but I bought a couple to experiment with. I started by painting some on a tile. It's thick and this wasn't easy. I did some thinner side pulls too. I did my other glaze test strips while waiting for it to dry. 4 hours later it was dry. I then painted some glaze on the tile. After the glaze dried I peeled off the latex. I'll fire this to see if the glaze moves or the edges stay sharp. All dry and ready to fire...someday. ======================== Wish List #6 next step on the Hot Tub Hula Girls. I start with the bottoms of the coconuts. I set up what I need and then it's one at a time. I leave the box for the number unglazed. That way I can number them with a felt pen after they are done. 8 down 22 to go for the first layer. 30 first layers done. 30 with the second layer done. This glaze is thick and 2 layers were enough. While they are on their sides I was able to glaze the 3 dents. All done. It was a long but productive day. There are a lot of steps to each of these and I'm not done yet! Wendy

TikiAno I hope you had a wonderful Valentines Day. Comparing Las Vegas to a visit with hang10tiki and Janelle the visit with them won hands down. They made the trip so much fun. We only found 1 mug in LV all the rest were found on the way home. It kept the long drive interesting.

More information on the latex below.

I have sprayed some of the crawl mugs. These HTHG's are just going to always be hard because there are no shortcuts. I will try Swizzles suggestion next time. I have the wrap, I have to see the amount of time to wrap and remove vs Dan's labor.

Ceramics as you know are not an easy art form. You have to have lots of time to get things done.
You know from experience. I'm so glad you like my art. I like your swap mug. I got to see hang10tikis in person, it's great too.

hang10tiki after seeing you two the rest of LV was anticlimactic. Thank you for the fun visit and treasures.

Remember the candle can be a perpetual gift. Given to us, given to you, who would be next???

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On Saturday we went to Alpha Fired Arts to buy supplies.

We buy our slip by having them fill 36 gallon jugs 1/2 full. He fills them right in the car.

This way when we get home I can add water if their mix is too thick and then Dan stirs them with a bat.

They had the Latex. However it came in 2 once bottles for $2.65 and it's been discontinued by Duncan.
They said you have to coat it on thick or it breaks up and takes forever to remove.

This is not going to work for the Hot Tub Hula Girls but I bought a couple to experiment with. I started by painting some on a tile. It's thick and this wasn't easy. I did some thinner side pulls too.