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looking for val's turquoise glaze recipe

updated sat 30 jan 99

 

Ron and Mary Ernst on thu 28 jan 99

Cherrio all-
Does anyone out there have the formula/recipe for Val's turquoise. The =
glossy
glaze I'm speaking of has a wide firing range from 6-10 in oxidation. =
Thanks,
Mary

Mary Ernst
Charleston, SC
ernstm=40musc.edu

Douglas Adams on fri 29 jan 99

I have a beautiful turquoise at cone 10 reduction if your intrested.
At 11:42 AM 1/28/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Cherrio all-
>Does anyone out there have the formula/recipe for Val's turquoise. The glossy
>glaze I'm speaking of has a wide firing range from 6-10 in oxidation. Thanks,
>Mary
>
>Mary Ernst
>Charleston, SC
>ernstm@musc.edu
>
Douglas Adams

Michelle Lowe on fri 29 jan 99

At 11:42 AM 1/28/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Cherrio all-
>Does anyone out there have the formula/recipe for Val's turquoise. The =
>glossy
>glaze I'm speaking of has a wide firing range from 6-10 in oxidation. =

I posted this recipe to clayart many moons ago-

glaze name: Val Turquoise
>cone: 5-9
>color: turquoise
>surface: frost
>firing type: oxidation or reduction
>recipe:
>Custer Feldspar 27.6
>Gerstley Borate 16.87
>Flint 21.32
>Whiting 8.82
>Dolomite 2.9
>Copper Carbonate 2.34
>Bentonite .8
>comments: a pale blue turquoise with a frost. I recently saw these on
>test tiles fired at cone 6 oxidation and cone 9
>reduction. Both versions of the glaze were very nice.




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