[Clayart] Liquid latex

Sat Jan 7 00:33:29 UTC 2023

Thanks to all who responded regarding liquid latex.  Certainly, the trick
with the dish soap on our brushes to keep them useful is major. Thanks. So
far   I haven’t noticed that my glazes don’t stay when I pull up the liquid
latex.

I will look into latex grout and see how that works.  The best notion is
that I need to remove the liquid for the job and not put what remains back
into the jar!

I have a bunch of work to glaze and will be more aware  as I use the l.l.

Glad you are out there tuning in to clay arts - so many collective years of
experience.

ginger d-d

On Thu, Jan 5, 2023 at 6:40 PM <ronroy at ca.inter.net> wrote:

> Just to make a point - glazes can be modified to be tougher in a
> number of ways. I am going to assume that latex will work on some
> glazes but not on others. I have almost no experience with latex so I
> have no actual experience with the problem but I'm sure there are a
> number of solutions.
>
> Happy to help if I can just for the joy in it.
>
> RR
>
>
> Quoting sumi <sumi at herwheel.com>:
>
> > Ginger
> >
> > You are not getting a lot of answers perhaps because we don't have
> > the answers.
> >
> > I've worked with latex but I have never tried to thin it. Since it
> > washes off with water, I would try water as a thinner first.
> >
> > The one thing I do know about working with latex is the need to soap
> > your brush; some people dip in liquid soap, or you can rub your wet
> > brush on a bar of soap.
> >
> > And I know it is important to build up a thick enough layer that it
> > will peel off without tearing.
> >
> > I've worked with a couple of brands, most recently Laguna's. In the
> > old days it smelled like ammonia but it doesn't any more, thank
> > goodness.
> >
> > I have seen students successfully apply liquid latex over an
> > underglaze and peel it off without removing the underglaze. I'm not
> > sure if you can peel it off a glaze as successfully.
> >
> > Sumi
> >> Hi Vince-
> >> Thanks for your follow up on wax resist.  And when my production
> warrants
> >> clean bottoms I?ll use it
> >> That appproach.
> >> Right now wax won?t work to allow me to layer glazes as in a sort of
> plaid
> >> where I need to mask parts of the design.  I like pulling up the latex
> from
> >> a glazed part so that I can add a different glaze over that part.
> >> Maybe some one out there has encountered liquid latex for a similar use.
> >> -ginger d-d
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 7:17 PM <vincepitelka at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Ginger -
> >>> I can't help you with the latex thinner, but I used hot wax very safely
> >>> for ten years in my studio in northern California.  The secret to
> using hot
> >>> wax safely is to not heat it so hot.  Use a good electric frying pan or
> >>> electric stew pot and keep the temperature at 180.  Add a bit of
> mineral
> >>> oil to the melted paraffin to get the brushing consistency you want.
> Use
> >>> natural fiber brushes that won't be damaged by the hot wax.
> >>>
> >>> In California I was doing fairly high production, and for my wax I was
> >>> using a electric stew pot - like an electric frying pan but deeper.  I
> >>> drilled holes on opposite sides to support an axle, and mounted a
> >>> natural-bristle paint roller on the axle so that the lower portion of
> the
> >>> roller was in the wax.  I'd regularly add more wax and mineral oil to
> >>> maintain the level.  With that setup, the foot of any pot could be
> rolled
> >>> against the paint roller to wax it, and with a fairly short-nap
> roller, the
> >>> wax would come up a uniform 1/8" on the sides.
> >>> - Vince
> >>>
> >>> Vince Pitelka
> >>> Potter, Writer, Teacher
> >>> Chapel Hill, NC
> >>> vpitelka at dtccom.net
> >>> www.vincepitelka.com
> >>> https://chathamartistsguild.org/
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Clayart <clayart-bounces at lists.clayartworld.com> On Behalf Of
> >>> Ginger Dunlap-Dietz
> >>> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2023 10:52 AM
> >>> To: Clayart international pottery discussion forum <
> >>> clayart at lists.clayartworld.com>
> >>> Subject: [Clayart] Liquid latex
> >>>
> >>> It?s possible that my question about using liquid latex got lost in the
> >>> recent quiet time but I still would like an answer.   I use liquid
> latex
> >>> for masking in glaze application and would like to know what to use As
> a
> >>> thinner. What brand is most useful? And what are some suggestions for
> use?
> >>> Wax resist doesn?t work for multi layer glaze masking and honestly
> don?t
> >>> like having to wipe glaze off the wax before firing.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for responding in the New Year.  Good one to all.
> >>>
> >>> ginger d-d
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> > Sumi von Dassow
> > President, Beulah Valley Arts Council
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> Ron Roy
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