Zinc Oxide Wrap

[jrgpots]

This is going to sound a bit strange...  I have some old expired wound wrap that is impregnated with zinc oxide, calamine lotion, and guar gum.  The wrap is a piece of 3 " wide gauze x 10 yrds long.  I thought about trying to use it in a number of  ways:

     1.  Place on raku pots during reduction phase.

     2. Wrap on ware  prior to saggar firing or place the gauze in bottom of the saggar.

     3. Place on top of glaze in a regular cone 6 firing. 

 

     4.  Throw the wrap away without using it.

 

 

Any thoughts?

 

Jed

[Tyler Miller]

Try all of the first three?  Just be very cautious of zinc fumes if you do anything involving reduction, they'll shut you down for a while.