Too Much Super Spray
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Too Much Super Spray
I've used entirely too much Super Spray on a large wafer that sits on top of a 16" piece. Any suggestions as to how to eliminate the haze nd save the wafer part of the piece?
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When I've had that problem, too much or not fully matured, I take it to full fuse temps to get it to mature fully. For me in my kilns, 1480 is the temp I need to achieve to get SuperSpray to mature. Others have a fully matured SuperSpray overglaze at lower temps, but I've not experienced it at lower temps than 1480 for SuperSpray on large surfaces.Ross wrote:I'm sure it was too much. I went up to 1425 for a full fuse.
If you can take it to higher than 1425 without altering your piece, try it. I'll second Amy in my vote that you havn't got it fully matured.
I know the bottle says it matures at 1300, but not so in my world...not even close.
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I've also put too much SuperSpray on pieces a few times. It leaves a whitish residue in areas when fired.
What I've done to remove it is to use my flexshaft tool with a tapered diamond bit and lightly ground off the whitish areas where it was over-applied. Then I fire the piece to a full fuse again to remove the marks where I ground it. Usually this works, but there have been times where I've had to do it again because I missed some spots in my effort not to go too deep.
Good luck!
Geri
What I've done to remove it is to use my flexshaft tool with a tapered diamond bit and lightly ground off the whitish areas where it was over-applied. Then I fire the piece to a full fuse again to remove the marks where I ground it. Usually this works, but there have been times where I've had to do it again because I missed some spots in my effort not to go too deep.
Good luck!
Geri
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