Conrad Krebs on sun 6 mar 11
Hello all,
Although I follow Clayart religiously I seldom post. However I may have
finally organized my thinking enough to actually ask an intelligent
question. I'm using Laguna Superclear low fire glaze over Laguna low
fire white bisque. Using Superclear as a base I'm looking to add
colorant to arrive at a standard cream colored glaze. I've read that
rutile added to a glaze can result in such a color but I've also read
that rutile can be unpredictable and uneven. So I thought I'd confine
myself to a Mason Stain. With that in mind I'm thinking about adding
maybe 2% "Ti-Fe" (Mason Stain # 6131 in the old catalog) plus
opacifier. I'm wondering what anyone thinks of my choice of colorant and
if perhaps there is someone out there who has used a Mason Stain to
achieve a cream color and what their experience was.
Thanks so much,
Conrad
Stephani Stephenson on mon 7 mar 11
HI Conrad
cream is hard to define, colorwise, and so much depends on the glaze itse=
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as to what kind of cream you'll get and whether you are looking for a war=
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cream ,buttery cream ,etc.
what is the opacifier in your base glaze? using titanium in the base glaz=
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RE: stains, I sometimes add a bit of Ferro stain 464 to a white base gla=
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to warm it up, usually about 2 -3%. the stain is listed as 'yellow' but I=
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get a rather neutral cream , actually i would call it a buff (ah
semantics!) from it.=3D20
of course, results vary, depending on the clay and the glaze used.
Stephani Stephenson
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