grayfree Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Hi has anyone used loafers glory clay and had trouble with it. I recently got 4 boxes of dried out clay from a friend and reclycled it. When I glazed it and fired it to Cone 5 and held for 15 minutes ( this actually gives me cone 6 in my kiln), everything I made came out horrible. The glazes looked very matt and thin as well as the clay was very rough. I am baffled unless it has something to do with the age of the clay (about 10 years old and dried out). The clay is suppose to be a cone 6-10 clay. I used about 4 different glazes all that came out matt colored and awful. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 It sounds like the clay did not absorb the glaze and just had a thin layer of glaze on it. Maybe do some tests and see what temperature is best for bisque. Clay should not fail because it is old. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Are you 100% sure it was Loafer's Glory and not something else? Could it have been contaminated with another clay or something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Which method did you use to recycle it? Perhaps the clay was not evenly hydrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 loafers glory is a cone 10 clay. little loafers is a cone 6. check with highwater in asheville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I'm confuzed why glorify loafers? I thought loafers do not deserve the glory? Things are different back east. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay lover Posted August 22, 2014 Report Share Posted August 22, 2014 I believe it is the name of a small MT. community near Highwater Clay. They also make a ^6 called Little Loafers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossyrock Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 I have used Loafer's Glory from Highwater and it is a cone 10 clay. I have also used Little Loafers and it is a cone 6. The only problem I've had with Little Loafer's is that many of the glazes we use run really badly on it. Loafer's Glory...……. http://www.highwaterclays.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=34 Little Loafer's………. http://www.highwaterclays.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted September 4, 2014 Report Share Posted September 4, 2014 if i say this out loud i will regret it. all of the glazes in bill van gilder"s book work so well on little loafers that i do not worry about putting it on right down to the bottoms which are waxed by dipping them in hot wax. of course, it is not THICKLY applied. several are in the hesselberth and roy book. the glaze recipes in Getting into pots by george wettlaufer do not move either. at amazon, someone called it a hippie book but the man is a ceramic engineer and has a lot to say, even in today's world. maybe layering several glazes on top of each other would cause running but that is not how i work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayfree Posted September 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 Mossyrock I think you have the answer!! I dont fire to cone 10 my kiln goes to cone 8 but maybe I will take the few pieces I have one day when not busy and fire to cone 8 and hold it about 30 minutes and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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