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^06 clear frit glaze: feedback request

updated fri 17 aug 07

 

Eleanora Eden on thu 16 aug 07


I need to make my own glaze. I started by testing the 88% frit 3125 +12% epk
glaze that was posted here last year. I found it to be a ^04-05
glaze, not reliably clear
at ^06.

After some testing I have found that this glaze below seems to work reliably at
^06 as a nice clear. I have been adding 1% CMC gum and 1% veegum C
and .25% macaloid to harden it up. None of these alone seems to do the
job. I tried to find a recipe with higher clay but wasn't successful.

Does anyone have any general or particular comments on this? Anybody
using their own ^06 clear who would like to share their recipe with me?
I feel like I am reinventing the wheel by myself here and would like some
imput.

I tam thinking about raising the silica a bit. I was trying to
duplicate as nearly
as possible the specs on the simpler glaze.

Thanks,
Eleanora

clear ^06 #15

75.00 Frit 3195
13.00 Frit 3134
12.00 EP Kaolin

0.67* CaO
0.32* Na2O
0.46 Al2O3
1.00 B2O3
2.69 SiO2

Si:Al: 5.80
SiB:Al: 7.96
Thermal Expansion: 7.20



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