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@LProbus: mix up some porcelain slip with a tsp of joy detergent, make it fine and thin and run it through a whipped cream charger, serve it in a hot dry place post results<br />
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@dumbeast HD" Damn, that is some boohoo-jeebie process that you outline. Giving that some serious thought. Thanks! If it happens I'll certainly let you know.</div>
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nah, but my name is Lissa, and please note that NO2 is very flammable but CO2 not as much :) so, before firing, like way way dry, eh? and still bubbles explode.</blockquote>
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Bruce here. Have you tried it, or similar?</div>
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nope :) but I had 6 semesters of ceramics and lost some good handles with fancy slip scores. my prof in KS was into adding propylene glycol as a slip thickener<br />
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Sounds rad. Hate to turn the kiln into an IED, though.</div>
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I would recommend using the CO2 and firing small slow samples if this is for firing... wiki NO2 chem at heat is weird :) Perhaps foam clay is for non fired applications.<br />
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fun fun fun :) if you are not going to fire, or dry for a period of months, maybe no matter :) maybe glass beads?<br />
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Oh hell, I've got glass beads. Obsidian sand. Grape nuts. Lentils. I'll wedge _anything_ into clay. I'm kinda slutty that way.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Got onto the trolley toward French Market, had some kickass gumbo followed by Jambalaya supreme. This was at Coop's, divey little joint, v comfortable & friendly with bathrooms that double as blastfurnaces. Made our way home & vegged out.</span></span>Bruce Bortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641207489495473707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447273.post-56426668644148172002016-06-20T20:30:00.000-07:002016-06-20T20:30:21.618-07:00Blue book<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="569" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ygkTmZkcWohs-0qM5jj0YyoLJjiVYyCwVRcKpjr598Q/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="960"></iframe>Bruce Bortinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03641207489495473707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5447273.post-54370859004512140122016-05-07T09:54:00.001-07:002016-05-07T09:56:54.484-07:00Rex the Hunting Dog<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">This is a true story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"Stay, Rex! Stay...stay...stay, now GO GETTEM, REX!" Rex leaped out of the blind, dashed to the edge of the marsh, and stopped short. He looked at the water. He looked back at Abe, over his shoulder. He looked back at the water, then at the downed duck floating 30 yards out. He looked back at Abe and made a tiny whining sound in his throat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Same thing as last time. Rex stopped at the water's edge, looked back, Abe encouraged him, Rex trotted out to the duck, trotted back across the water to the shore, and laid the duck at his master's feet. Abe realized that what was going on was real, shook his head, and praised Rex enthusiastically for the good day, first time on the job as a real hunting dog. Two ducks per day is the legal limit, so Abe and Rex went home.</span></div>
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