mrs_christopher Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Salutations everyone! I believe I've gone and made a newbie mistake! Good thing I'm still technically considered a newbie! I was glazing some stoneware bisque pieces with some Amaco potters choice which is said to be fired at Cone 5, and I noticed that someone left some Amaco crystal glaze behind at the art house I work in, and so I figured I'd try it out... Well, I got home and read up on the glaze to find out that the particular glaze has to be fired at Cone 05. So, I have two glazes on one piece that TWO ends of the spectrum. What do you recommend before I fire? Should I scrub away, and take the cone 5 off, and apply it with something that can fire with the Cone 05? Also, IS there an easy way to get glaze off an already bisque fired piece??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Get a good sponge and start scrubbing with water to remove everything off the piece. Then let it dry for a day or two. before reglazing. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HerbNorris Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Marcia is right, it will come right off. Fong Choo has made somewhat of a career out of this noob "mistake:" http://ceramicartsdaily.org/ceramic-supplies/ceramic-glaze/tiny-teapots-big-impact-fong-choo-combines-wheel-throwing-handbuilding-and-layering-commercial-glazes-to-make-compact-teapots-that-pack-a-punch/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrs_christopher Posted August 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Thank-you! I appreciate the help! I guess I have another question if anyone wants to bite. If I were to leave the cone 5 glaze on and fire to just cone 05... what would be an idea as to the outcome? Would the glaze never really mature and reamain chalky and flakey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted August 11, 2011 Report Share Posted August 11, 2011 Yes. If you fir a ^5 piece only to ^05 you might be able to wash it off as easily as before firing...not really because it well have gone past the sintering stage. But it would most likely be dry and chalky as you suspect. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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