EmsGoodPots Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Hi clay friends, I’ve been experimenting with making terra sig and mixing with mason stains. I’m curious about why it won’t stick to certain areas on some test tiles? Is it because those spots may not be completely bone dry? They felt pretty uniformly dry so I’m not sure... thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 The smear on the left side looks like it's raised texture. On the right could just be oils from your hands not letting it adhere fully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 I'm not an expert on this one, but the few times I used sig it gave a light coating that needed to be built up a bit if you wanted opaque coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmsGoodPots Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 7 minutes ago, Callie Beller Diesel said: I'm not an expert on this one, but the few times I used sig it gave a light coating that needed to be built up a bit if you wanted opaque coverage. That’s true, I’m not an expert either (obviously), this is 3 or 4 coats. It’s quite opaque everywhere except those patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmsGoodPots Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 10 minutes ago, liambesaw said: The smear on the left side looks like it's raised texture. On the right could just be oils from your hands not letting it adhere fully Could be but I’m not sure, I haven’t touched them very much and my hands are very dry (thanks clay!), not oily at all. Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 Try laying the ter Sig on as opposed to painting it on.. Lh bare patches are on top of a ridge by the looks so you may be inadvertently brushing it off instead of laying it on. Brush in different directions... Dip?? Instead of brush.. spray ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 14 hours ago, EmsGoodPots said: Could be but I’m not sure, I haven’t touched them very much and my hands are very dry (thanks clay!), not oily at all. Hmm... No matter how dry you think your hands are, they contain and leave behind all sorts of things. If they were totally dry, you'd be so dehydrated............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmsGoodPots Posted July 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 8 hours ago, Babs said: Try laying the ter Sig on as opposed to painting it on.. Lh bare patches are on top of a ridge by the looks so you may be inadvertently brushing it off instead of laying it on. Brush in different directions... Dip?? Instead of brush.. spray ?? I’ll try this, thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakes Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 My experience is that if you don't wait for the terra sig to dry completely before applying another layer, you can pick up patches of the first layer. When that happens (because I'm impatient), I just let it dry and dab on some more terra sig on the bald patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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