Bruce the idea was suggested by two different ceramic engineers.
Add glycerin to ceramic clay.
Some like cmc gum magma and spectrum brushing media are organic while others like spectrum suspender bentonite veegum t and bentone ma macaloid are clay like materials.
Doing this assures that the clay won t sink to the bottom of the soap.
One half to 1 gum figured as dry gum as a percentage of the dry weight of the glaze is usually considered the upper limits for gums.
I think it can be used as a skin moistener but what else.
Clay is a great choice for an exfoliate when adding it to soap.
This can be difficult to do in melt and pour soap if you don t create a slurry first.
Let the mask dry completely before rinsing it off with warm water.
Add the glycerin cold cream and vinegar to the pot and mix.
Apply a glycerin mask to your face.
Especially in shaving soaps kaolin clay in soap provides skin slip and dries to a smooth matte finish.
Makes the clay more.
Patricia on wed 30 oct 2002 14 52 07 est whc228 aol com wrote.
Spread the mask onto your dry face using circular motions.
The glaze should thin down as you add the syrup.
Stir in 1 2 teaspoon of glycerin 5 teaspoons of water and 2 drops of rose geranium essential oil.
Try adding the gum or glycerin a bit at a time checking occasionally to see how the glaze brushes on a piece of bisque ware.
This is done by adding a glycerin or a small amount of melted soap to the clay and stirring until you have a loose paste i personally find glycerin to be more effective thus.
Spectrum s glaze thinner is a sodium hexamethaphosphate solution and apt ii ceramic enhancer is an acrylic emulsion additive.
What might be some uses for glycerin in a pottery.
For cold porcelain clay we need to add glycerin baby oil or cooking oil.
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As another important difference between cold porcelain clay and polymer clay we can say that cold porcelain clay is non toxic and homemade whereas polymer clay is toxic but we cannot make it.
During the cold process it should be added before pouring the soap into its mold.
Among soap additives it is one of the most common.
May i ask in what proportion you add the glycerin to the clay body.
Add 1 5 tablespoons 22 2 ml of glycerin 1 5 tablespoons cold cream with lanolin and 1 5 tablespoons 22 2 ml white vinegar to the pot.
Add it to engobes to make them more brushable.
When i am having a technical problem i usually go to someone in industry to get some help.
Continue cooking on low heat while stirring constantly until a dough forms and begins to come away from the sides of the pot.
But for polymer clay we need to add mineral oil lecithin zinc oxide etc.
Snail whc228 aol com on fri 11 oct 02 you can use it in clay 500 ml to 500lbs of dry clay.
I have come across a few bottles of it and am not sure what to use it for.
It is added to a little bit of melted glycerin soap base mixed and then that mixture added to the mass soap.