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SCUM ON CERAMIC GLAZE

The Scum om Ceramic Glaze is a frightening grownth. It requires some patience and persistance to irradicate

scum on ceramic glaze TEA BALL FILTER kitchen STRAINER KITCHEN STRAINER

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After mixing with the drill; we tried straining or filtering the bacteria scum out of the glaze with a “tea ball screen” from a YARD SALE.
Well...that was better. But, slow.
So, we went to a kitchen strainer.
That was not as good as the tea ball screen.
Next, we tried filtering the bacteria scum out with a #80 ceramic glaze sieve.
The sieve worked best.
Slowly, the scum was eleminated. red button

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RE-MIX HAND MIX

The next step is to re-mix the glaze with an electric drill and mix tool. Then, plunge your hands down in to the tub and check to see if all the glaze has been mixed on the sides and the bottom.
P.S.Glaze dipping was used to make VASES red button

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But...was the glaze still good ? or to what degree, if any, was it affected by the dreaded scum ?
We had to take a day and run a test on a small pot. We had to be sure we were not going to ruin a whole load of finished work on a glaze we were not sure of.
Voila !
The glaze was okay and we proceeded.
The test pot was delegated to the garden.
If we learned any thing; it may be to put the glaze into air tight buckets in between glazing sessions. OR
Maybe, to periodically, mix the glaze even if we are not going to use it in between glazing sessions. OR
Since there was little consequence; we probably, will not do any thing.
JUST THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW !
E-mail us with any questions, observations or comments about this. We would like to hear from you about it.
P.S. Check out our tutorial on Dipping Ceramic Glaze. It was used to make FLOWERS red button

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