Hi Sandy, This site needs someone to look after it, doesn't it? I'm sorry I don't have the time right now. I keep hoping someone will volunteer but no such...
Hi Nancy, I feel the same. Any good ideas you have learned over the years that make things easier. I think you may be like me and starting cleaning the old way...
Hi Sandy - It took me a VERY LONG time to begin to "like" cleaning the soft fired way. LOL I prefer it now, but there are still a few things I like better...
Hi Everybody,  I hope you have some ideas about what causes slumping when firing. I had been using Bell Ivory and now I've ordered the Gold Marque...
Debbie - What is it that you fired that slumped? A breastplate or something that maybe should have been propped first? Does your 5-1/2 cone fire to a true...
Hi Girls, Can I join in ? My name is Angonita and I live in Australia.I am a qualified D Effner instructor having studied with her last year. She also uses...
Hi everybody, I'm really happy to talk "dolls" with all of you. I did put prop under the arch of the back of the all porcelain body. I used a cone 5 1/2...
Hi Debbie  I am from the UK and we can no longer get Bells only Seeley, but when I fire body's I put a mound of sand on the shelf and then balance the body...
Hi Debbie, I am not sure what you mean by slumping. I have used Bell, love their colors, always fired to cone 6 like Seeleys. Have had no problems with Bell...
Hi Nancy, Please let me know what you think of Laguna. I have tried that and do not like. It has problems with white spots and bumbs. Let me know what you...
Hi Sandy,  Thanks for the input. By slumping, I mean collapses. Do you used the Gold Marque? Is that what you fire to cone 6?  Debbie ... From: Sandy...
Hi Debbie, I have used both of Bells and have not had that problem. The only time I have problems like that is when I pour real thin and it seems to warp or...
Hi Angonita! What a pleasure to see you on this group. I feel for you in Australia trying to hang in there with dollmaking. Maybe someone in your country...
Hi Debbie, I've had problems with all porcelain bodies in the past and I've learned that with the torso, you have to put prop in the arm and leg holes and if...
Hi Debbie, I just wanted to quickly say slumping would be caused by several things. It use to happen to me a lot too. It's hard to take a guess why this us...
HI I am also in Australia and have to use seeleys because I thought there was no more bell available The new boxes are weird I have had to buy buckets and save...
Hi Sandie What is regal slip can you give me contacts for it I have waited since April last year for my distributor to get my order of seeleys slip just...
Regal Slip is manufactured and available from: Crest 411 Magnolia Street PO Drawer 20 Logansport, LA 71049 Monday thru Thursday 7:00AM - 4:30PM Voice (318)...
Hi Cheri, Regal porcelain slip is made by Crest Molds and they are in Lakeport, LA. The person you speak to is Betty. I have never purchased any yet, but I...
Hi Ladies, My name is Sharon and I am from Alabama. I have a new slip that I have been using from The Porcelain place out of Wheat Ridge, Co. The guy that...
For all you European ladies,including Australia who are having a hard time getting slip, The Porcelain Place, it looks like, ships to your country too! They...
Hi all,  Not to be a spoilsport, but I tried the Porcelain Place slip and am not entirely sold on it. I had a problem with impurities (specks) that don't...
Thanks for the heads up on that brand. My supplier is Aardvark Clay Co, and they no longer carry Bell or Seeley. They now only carry Laguna clay porcelain...
    That is strange concrning your experiences Debbie because I have never had any problems with it and have used it many times. Did you contact Tony and...
I have always stored my slip jugs upside down. Make certain the lids are on tight and turn them over. If the slip gets thick "on the bottom" you sit the jug...
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