Pugaboo Posted February 10, 2017 Report Share Posted February 10, 2017 I have a friend that has a gallon of commercial glaze that settles like concrete to the bottom of her bucket. What can she add to it to make it stay suspended better? I add bentonite to my own glazes to keep the suspended better can I just giver her some to add to hers? T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick White Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 A tablespoon or so of saturated solution of epsom salts should do the trick nicely. Bentonite needs to be added to the dry materials before mixing. It plumps up in water, and this will take a day or so. if added to already mixed glaze, it will just clump into blobs that will be hard to mix into the glaze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugaboo Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Thanks Dick. I will tell her to mix up some Epsom salts and add a teaspoon at a time until she gets results. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 And a large, sharp loop tool is great for scraping the concrete from the bottom of the glaze bucket, before re-adding to the water. (Thank you John Britt for that tip.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugaboo Posted February 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yes thank you John Britt! I stumbled upon his glaze videos while researching this issue. I will tell her about the loop tool, will probably have to lend her one of mine since she is a hand builder and doesn't use the wheel so most likely won't have a trimming tool. He says he uses 2TB Epsom salts in 1 cup of water so that's what I'll tell her to do. He doesn't say it, at least in the video I saw but I will also tell her to dissolve the Epsom salts in hot water, I read that here on the forum. I don't know if she has a stick blender either which will make mixing easier somwill mention that that as well. Thank you! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 I flocculate my glazes. Do what Dick White suggested, and make a saturated Epsom salt soloution. One cup of boiled water will hold a great deal more than 2 tablespoons of Epsom salt. Add about a teaspoon of soloution at a time, and mix thoroughly with a paint mixer and a drill before adding any more. You can watch it gel when you have enough in the bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowerdry Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 My advice is to be cautious when adding the epsom salt solution...it's easy to over flocculate which is then another problem to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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