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raku-gun metal

updated wed 30 apr 97

 

Elizabeth Fusaro on mon 7 apr 97

A while back Jim Romberg posted a Raku glaze
called "Gun Metal". I mixed it up a couple of
times with great results, but the last two times
it will not mature. Has anyone else had a problem
with it, or did the recipe get mixed up somehow.
Here is the one I'm using:

GUN METAL - RAKU

Gerstley Borate 3 parts
Neph. Sy. 2 parts
Copper Carb. 3 parts
Red Iron Ox. 3 parts

Please e-mail me at the following address if
you can help:
efusaro@math.fsu.edu

Thanks.

Beth in Tallahassee
Beth Fusaro
Sun & Moon Pottery
Tallahassee, FL