Biglou13 Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 so today i decided to finally jump in and mix my first (almost) now full + 5 gal bucket of glaze I was making smaller quantities and using a hand held mixer. Making 5 gal with paint mixer different story! its a variation on the cherry shino by john britt aslo posted in cad 33 tried and true..... lesson 1 pay attention to what your measuring. i mistakenly measured out one dry ingredient for another. not a losss... had enough ingredients on hand to make larger batch. so my 7500 gm batch is now a 13200 gm batch lesson 2 soda ash makes rocks if not mixed immediately makes rocks (guess I’m slaking). Internet search in hindsight reveals mix soda ash in water quantity mix well immediately strain/seive and repeat if necessary. I think ill use smaller quant of water and mix with high speed hand mixer (blunge if you will) next time Lesson 3 A clean pickle bucket is never really clean. So being frugal I got free to $2 pickle buckets for dry storage and glaze mixing, these have been outside catching rain water, drained, sun dried multiple cycles. I think they are still a bit acid inspite. The soda ash bubbled a bit when making glaze. ?did I screw up glaze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 Soda ash will cause bubbles in the glaze if mixed too vigorously. This is very common with shino type glazes. Your buckets are clean enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndham Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 If you strain out the soda ash , heat a small amt of water(maybe 1/2 cup) to dissolve the soda ash, not a big prob. Yea bubbles and soda ash from mixing. We all have flipped numbers from time to time, Welcome to the bucket brigade. Wyndham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coyle Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 One thing I do that helps me is to put a big x beside the glaze material I just added. I did that after too many times being distracted when mixing a batch and couldn,t remember where I left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 I agree the pickle buckets are fine- shino and bubbles are very common The only down side to opickle buckets is they always smell of pickles. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diane Puckett Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 After my first misadventure mixing glazes, I did not see a live insect in my studio for two years. Always a learning experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted December 18, 2013 Report Share Posted December 18, 2013 In undergrad we kept the dolomite in a pickle bucket. When I got to grad school I thought it was odd that the dolomite had no odor when I opened the bucket! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglou13 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Neal aka "dolomite" Estrick?.......... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Dolemite.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 I always write down the recipe and check off each ingredient just to keep it straight. Soda Ash is one of those ingredients that takes extra care/time. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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