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subject: re: floating red glaze for ^6 ox

updated fri 31 jan 97

 

Bill Amsterlaw on wed 15 jan 97

re: viscosity agent

Hi Linda Arbuckle:

Could you please explain what a "viscosity agent" is? Does boron increase the
viscosity or decrease the viscosity of the glaze? Are you talking about
viscosity of raw glaze or viscosity of melted glaze?

On 13 Jan 1997 Linda Arbuckle wrote:
>> Boron (B2O3) functions as both a flux and a viscosity agent <<

- Bill Amsterlaw (wamster@msn.com)
Plattsburgh, NY