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Glazes Phil Hamling Click on thumbnails to enlarge photos |
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Back to Zinc Silicate Crystalline Glaze Pottery
From John Tilton |
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Base Glazes |
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Phil Hamling |
1/18/2010 |
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To Mix 500g |
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Ferro 3110 |
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Weigh 300 grams water (60%) in blender |
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Frit |
51.80 |
56.4% |
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Add 1 drop saturated Epsom salt solution |
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ZnO2 |
24.50 |
26.7% |
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Add powders slowly on low speed, |
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Silica |
14.40 |
15.7% |
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Scrape sides while getting glaze to turn over |
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Kaolin |
1.20 |
1.3% |
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Blend ~1 minute high speed until pudding-like. |
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91.90 |
100.0% |
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Jiggle / pour contents out then brush clean mixer |
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Fusion 644 |
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Coverage |
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Frit |
41.30 |
43.0% |
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I've used application rates of 0.5 to 1.1 g/sq.in. (dry) |
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ZnO2 |
24.20 |
25.2% |
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Wet = 1.6 X Dry = 0.8 to 1.8 g/sq.in. (wet) |
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Silica |
29.90 |
31.1% |
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A 500g batch covers from ~ 500 to 1000 sq.in. |
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Bentonite |
0.60 |
0.6% |
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96.00 |
100.0% |
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Colorants |
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Fusion 413 |
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Add colorants directly to blender, or |
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Frit |
68.42 |
67.1% |
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Mix small (160g wet) batches wet, sieve thru 80 mesh |
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ZnO2 |
24.13 |
23.7% |
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Silica |
7.45 |
7.3% |
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Bentonite |
2.00 |
2.0% |
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Total |
102.00 |
100.0% |
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Here are a few glaze recipes.
The midnight blue you had asked for, and the other 3 I am bringing over. I think they might be good accent glazes. All of these are cone 9-10 from my experience.
Midnight Blue
4000g Kona F-4
2700g Silica
1000g EPK
1800g Whiting
200g Red Iron Oxide (Spanish*)
200g Bentonite
100g Cobalt Carbonate (Without the cobalt, this is our celadon glaze)
Winter White - Super Stable Bright White with a Bluish tint, slight anti-run effect
42% Custer Feldspar
20% Silica
16% Grolleg
18% Whiting
4% Dolomite
+.125% Tin Oxide
Candace Black - Electric Oil Spot Black
650g Minspar
250g Silica
80g Red Iron Oxide
50g Whiting
50g EPK
50g Dolomite
50g Cobalt Carb
Pier Black - Textured Matte Black
426g Custer Feldspar
236g EPK
236g Dolomite
66g Iron Chromate
66g Cobalt Carbonate
54g Borax
47g Whiting
* In the studio we have Spanish Red Iron Oxide and Domestic Red Iron Oxide.
I don't care which I use, but ..... is particular about each.