Gabby Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Yes, they have two, both cone 6. One is the straight CKK6 and the other CKK6 with grog. The latter is not super groggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 bisque fix made by Amaco works the best on cracks as long as they are not to big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Gabby said: Yes, they have two, both cone 6. One is the straight CKK6 and the other CKK6 with grog. The latter is not super groggy. Thanks, I'll try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 23 minutes ago, Mark C. said: bisque fix made by Amaco works the best on cracks as long as they are not to big. Mine were too big but it did work on a few of the smaller ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Marcia Selsor said: This is what I use...adapted from Peggy Heer's . 1:4 toilet paper to clay? Soak toilet paper overnight, squeeze dry, add to dry clay, the same body as you are repairing.. Then add vinegar and a few drops of sodium silicate and mix with blender. I have repaired students' work with this as well as a sculpture of my own.\ Well if the new one cracks I'll try this, hopefully I won't need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preeta Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 8 hours ago, pizzuti_ said: Well if the new one cracks I'll try this, hopefully I won't need to. Nooooooooooooo! Don’t accept cracks as the norm. Unless you are going for cracks! do something to prevent cracks - change claybody, how you make wares, Firing cycle - something so that cracks is a thing of the past. In our school we candle at 200 for 48 hours to avoid blowups and cracks. Thick pieces could be .5 to 1 inch thick. I have been known to cook functional ware at the lowest setting in my home oven and had 6 pieces come out bone dry in 8 hours. Hand built. Winter. No rain. At a different school where kiln space was limited and the proff would only fire bone dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 6 hours ago, preeta said: Nooooooooooooo! Don’t accept cracks as the norm. Unless you are going for cracks! do something to prevent cracks - change claybody, how you make wares, Firing cycle - something so that cracks is a thing of the past. In our school we candle at 200 for 48 hours to avoid blowups and cracks. Thick pieces could be .5 to 1 inch thick. I have been known to cook functional ware at the lowest setting in my home oven and had 6 pieces come out bone dry in 8 hours. Hand built. Winter. No rain. At a different school where kiln space was limited and the proff would only fire bone dry. I am not accepting cracks as the norm. I have a piece that I hand built in the dove porcelain, it's drying now and it's past leather hard, if it cracks, it cracks. I'll let it dry a few weeks more then I will candle for a few days before I fire it. I'm not sure the issue with this piece was the firing. I don't think I built, or dried, it properly, I think the base stayed too wet. I did it differently on this one and I'm optimistic, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preeta Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 6 hours ago, pizzuti_ said: I am not accepting cracks as the norm. I did it differently on this one and I'm optimistic, we'll see. Whew! Good!! its this we’ll see that keeps me going in ceramics. I secretly think my favourite thing about ceramics is all the myriad of problems I have to solve! And the even more fun part is actually predicting the problem and waiting to see it happens because then it proved your point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted July 15, 2018 Report Share Posted July 15, 2018 Your base may be thinner than rest if not solid You may be leaving moisture in pot Get it off its base asap if not before. Clay may not be wedged compressed enough in that area. Research cracking...it's happened before. Not wikip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 20 hours ago, preeta said: Whew! Good!! its this we’ll see that keeps me going in ceramics. I secretly think my favourite thing about ceramics is all the myriad of problems I have to solve! And the even more fun part is actually predicting the problem and waiting to see it happens because then it proved your point. Ha, I really like repairing things. I think I'd be perfectly content just doing restoration work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2018 18 hours ago, Babs said: Your base may be thinner than rest if not solid You may be leaving moisture in pot Get it off its base asap if not before. Clay may not be wedged compressed enough in that area. Research cracking...it's happened before. Not wikip. Yeah, I did this time, I have it upside down on a screen to dry, fingers crossed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preeta Posted July 17, 2018 Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 9 hours ago, pizzuti_ said: Ha, I really like repairing things. I think I'd be perfectly content just doing restoration work Darn Pizzuti you missed your calling. An archeologist or museum restorer (sound boring but I’d give anything to hold the really old pieces) or a famous kintsugi restorer in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizzuti_ Posted July 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 hour ago, preeta said: Darn Pizzuti you missed your calling. An archeologist or museum restorer (sound boring but I’d give anything to hold the really old pieces) or a famous kintsugi restorer in Japan. Boring??? Sounds VERY exciting to me. I might have to look into it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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