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MarkS

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Not sure if this is the terminology or not...

I've thought about making some flat biscuit size rounds of clay maybe 3/16" thick to use under pots when glaze firing thinking maybe I can do away with having to wax a small edge on the bottoms side of a pot.

Just wanted some input on the idea and thoughts on how many firings these may last. Any downsides other than glaze running on shelves?

Thanks!

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Those are generally referred to as "cookies" and are to protect the shelf from a glaze that may run off the pot onto a shelf. I also put kiln wash on mine to keep a runny glaze form sticking too hard to the cookie (although I have been lucky and not needed the cookie.)

 

However, cookies are not a replacement for keeping the glaze up off the bottom of the pot a ways to keep from sticking a pot down on the shelf with a glaze run. There are other ways besides waxing to keep glaze off of the foot, but waxing (although somewhat tedious if done with a brush) is a good one. You can wipe the glaze off (I facilitate this by placing the foot of my pot in shallow water to my "wax line" for a bit before dipping a pot, and since the bottom is saturated the glaze wipes right off.) You can use melted wax in a shallow heating device (typically an electric frying pan), if you are very careful not to let the wax hit the flashpoint. Or you can fashion a low pile carpet topped batt to scrub the glaze off the dipped pot. Or you can learn to love waxing ;-) I wax using the wheel, the pot upside down and one of the 1 inch foam brushes, all which help me to get a true wax line.

 

John

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