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request: source for "bright red" red iron oxide

updated tue 5 may 09

 

Mary Starosta on sun 3 may 09


HI John,
Try Mile high Ceramics in Colorado, they ship. It's mined here and well
you kow what Colorado Stands for right ? Wait for it.......The color RED
like the Colorado River gets when it rains!
It's helping me in my glaze of HOOKER RED .
http://www.milehiceramics.com/Glaze_Chemicals.htm

Mary Starosta
Colorado Potter
http://marystarosta.wordpress.com/
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a source for the "bright red" RIO. The last two
> batches of RIO I got were brownish in color tone and definitely did not
> perform as well as the "bright red" I have used in the past.
>
> Thanks
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> Chelsea, AL
>