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Flaking Posted by Susan Anthony on December 29, 2022, 11:59 am Dear Friends, I bought a transfer ware coffee pot over eBay which I thought to be in almost perfect shape (although I didn’t pay much for it). Unfortunately, I have discovered that the design at the bottom is flaking. I plan on just putting it In my display cabinet. Is there anything that I can do to keep the problem from getting worse? Thank you, Sad Susan

Re: Flaking Posted by Jeff on February 13, 2023, 10:26 pm, in reply to "Flaking" Hi Susan, more than likely (a good possibility) your coffee pot was soaked in liquid bleach to remove stains. Bleach will eat into the glaze and eventually it will flake off. I have bought an item on Ebay where the exact thing happened. There are safer methods to clean pottery (soak using liquid developer from beauty supply stores). Bleach should never be used, yet people continue to do without knowing the consequences. The end result is a clean piece of pottery, but down the road the glaze/transfer will start to flake off. There is not much you can do. If bleach was used, you could perhaps soak it in plain water. I have never done that so I cannot help more there.

Re: Flaking Posted by Web Administrator on December 29, 2022, 1:00 pm, in reply to "Flaking" Susan, I have a good idea of the cause of this issue, and what you should do to at least slow or end the problem, but before I lead you down the wrong path, please post an image of the entire coffee pot and a quality detail image of the affected area. You can upload your images directly from your post.

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