Babs Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 Had a moment when I dropped a pot into the hotwax bath... splashes of hot was went onto a stack of pots sitting nearby. SO, what temp does the wax burn out? Better just to rebisque? Ignore typo in heading ,can't fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted February 29, 2016 Report Share Posted February 29, 2016 rebisque would be easiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 really, babs, i have tried all kinds of ways to remove wax from bisque. even put a pot on top of my kiln while firing to cone 6. nothing worked well, love waxing on greenware, i can scrape off any mistakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewV Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 I have heard that a layer of felt submerged permanently in the wax can help get clean, consistent, splash-free waxing done. I haven't seen it in practice though. I have burned out wax with fire but always advocate re-bisque firing as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted March 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 Yes, I'm going with rebisquing as torching the pots would be fairly tedious. No amount of felt would not have prevented this. I just dropped the **&&***** pot from about 3" above the wax.. Not even fatigue, it was early in the waxing job. Will now place pots to be waxed a fair distance from the pan I think OLD LAdy has a rack of sorts sitting in her wax which does not allow the pot to descend very far into the wax bath. How hot is the wax you work with for the greenware application? Does it adhere or tend to drop off? Never done this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benzine Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 I've used wax on Greenware Babs. But it's the bottled wax, that is liquid at room temperature. Also, I too have tried many ways to remove accidental wax; sanding, scraping, heating, torching. Nothing works well. Also, I would imagine that heating it too much with a torch, especially in an uneven manner, could cause cracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted March 1, 2016 Report Share Posted March 1, 2016 my wax pan is a deep electric chicken frying pan from sears, it is very old. i put tiles in it to raise the level of the wax so i would not burn my fingers putting things in and taking them out. because there is so much mass in the pan, i have to put the temperature much higher than an almost empty pan would be. this winter i found a much longer and shallower electric griddle. it will allow me to put the very long trays inside and is so shallow i do not expect to have a problem with burning fingers. will be replacing the old one with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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