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An ILLUSTRATED TUTORIAL

DIPPING CERAMIC GLAZE

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Dipping Ceramic Glaze is not all that difficult if you are prepared.

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3. HAND MIX

Sometimes, ou have to take a plunge into the glaze bare handed. This may be necessary, when the glaze has been unused for a couple of monthes. There are always areas the mixer misses. That you can not see. Sometimes, the amount of glaze that settles to the bottom is profound. [ and hard ] In that case; You, absolutely, have to transfer all the glaze from the tub to large buckets and remix all the settled components back into one mass of liquid glaze.

This means scrapping the settled lumpy glaze at the bottom; crush it; mash it; sieve it if necessary. Pour the glaze from bucket to bucket and then back into the tub for dipping.
WHAT A PAIN !!! red button

CLEAN HANDS
4. CLEAN HANDS


4.
Wash your hands, arms, elbows; CLEAN everything.
Just because a glaze manufacturer or recipe claims a glaze is “Food Safe”; does not mean the glaze is lead free.
OH NO !!!
Lead is soluable. Molecules of lead will migrate through your skin or lungs and collect in your blood. The lead molecules will attach to each other and form lead particles. The lead particles will form little villages of crazy people living in your head.
NO ? OH YEAH... REALLY !!!
Lead is chemically known as a heavy metal. [ not a music term in this case ]
The lead migrates from your blood into small masses in the folds of your brain.
Eventually, THERE WILL BE enough lead collected to carry random charges of electricty to other regions of YOUR brain.
The consequence causes irratic behavior, uncontrollable temper tantrums and death. [ yours and/or others ]
There are historical [histerical ? ] records of entire cities in Germany in the Middle Ages that were lead poisoned from lead water pipe connectors , dinnerware and tankards.
Road signs were posted; warning travelers to BEWARE of the crazy prople in the next town.
OOPS !! Don't you hate it; when that happens ? red button


P.S. Learn how to make your own GLAZE CART for dipping. red button

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