Turning a Dipping Glaze into a Brushing Glaze
CMC gum is an additive that you add to make a brushing glaze. It makes it thicker and creamier, a lot easier to brush onto your piece. Whether you are …
Beginning a Glaze Pantry
If you are tired of buying over priced glazes that you can purchase right off the shelves than you have most likely been looking into making your own glazes. The …
What Materials contain
Silica Source Silica, Quartz, Flint Alumina Sources Kaolin/China Clay/EPK Alkali Metal/R2O Lithium Lithium Feldspar Generic Name Spodumene Petalite Lithium Carbonate Water Soluble -Not as recommended Sodium Sodium/soda/natrium feldspar Minpar Soda …
Chemical formulas for Glaze Making
In ceramics it is important to recognize the chemical formulae of these 12 different oxides. R2O-type fluxes Li2O Lithium Oxide Na2O Sodium Oxide K2O Potassium Oxide RO-Type Fluxes CaO Calcium …
Glaze Color Testing
To make the Tiles Buy some porcelain and make an inch slab. Cut 75 1″ thick by 3″ by 1″ tiles. Have the tiles bisqued Make 4 “T” stands Make …
How to Normalize a Glaze Recipe
When a recipe add up to 100% you can compare the recipes. If the recipe does not equal 100% you can’t compare materials because the proportions don’t equalize. It is …
Midrange Casting Slip
Cone 6 porcelain casting slip 5 gallons OM4 10 EPK 5 Grolleg/China Clay 5 Minspar – Kona F4 replacement 5 Nepheline Syenite 7.5 Silica Steps Link to the Full Recipe
Highfire Clay
Cone 6 University of the Arts Clay Body Material Percentage Custer Feldspar 23% Grolleg (English Kaolin) …
Midrange Casting Slip
Cone 6 University of the Arts Clay Body Material Percentage Nepheline Syenite …
Ohaus Scout Pro
The Ohaus Scout Pro is a great accurate digital scale. It is pretty pricey but the digital scale really the way to go. Whenever you move the Scout Pro you …