Question QUESTION: I used a paint pen on the bottom of a mug before it was glazed and put in the kiln. Now I understand that this was not a good idea. Is there any way to remove the paint pen or cover it up with darker paint? What will happen if I just leave it and fire it? Will is simply evaporate or cause some sort of chemical reaction in the kiln? I certainly don't want to ruin all the children's projects.
ANSWER: Kristi,
What type of paint is it? Most will burn off in the kiln completely. Did you just do one mug or all of them? You could wash off the glaze, if it's not fired already, run the mug through a bisque fire & it should burn off. If you've already glazed the bottom of the mug & fired it, what happened? You can try a dark glaze, like cobalt (blue) or dark green to cover it. I'm assuming this is a low fire. Let me know if I can help further. Leisha
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QUESTION: It was a regular paint pen from Michael's. I did all the mugs. On one mug I tried as best I could to remove the paint pen...a little messy...and then I repainted the background glaze color over it. I can do this to the remaining mugs or I can leave it, fire it and hope for the best. I am doing an auction project for my son's class. It's a cookie jar and mugs. The "chocolate chips" are the fingerprints. It is so cute...except for my mistake. The person doing the firing didn't know what would happen in the kiln so I thought I should try and ask someone who might have some experience. I appreciate your feedback very much! :)
Answer Kristi,
Why don't you just fire the one mug as a test, see what happens & let that determine how you should move forward on the rest? That's my motto in my studio, test, test, test and when I'm not sure about a method, test it first before I apply it to the whole batch.
