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glossy white

updated wed 31 jul 96

 

Bob Kavanagh on wed 24 jul 96

Good morning Ken

How glossy, what cone? I have a couple around cone 6. Don't know about
crazing on your clay body but fits mine just right.

bob kavanagh bkav@vax2.concordia.ca



>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>wondering about the glaze poise, or the set of the glaze on the ware.>
>
>Jonathan, sorry I don't know beans about glaze but with this white at c6,
>does it allow engobes to "blend through" the white so that colors such as
>iron oxide browns or black copper oxide greens are pronounced? Also, at
>1.6, how "runny" is it? Also, have you tried combinations of tin and
>zircopax? More zirc seems to make my base white glaze over iron oxide a
>grayish-dirty brown while tin tends make a more burgundy brown. Sorry
>for all the questions but I'm still on a destructive quest for a
>no-brainer glossy white base glaze that comes out perfect everytime
>.
>
>Ken Russell
>The Arlington Pottery
>gone2pot@juno.com