Badlands Pottery on thu 24 feb 00
I know Reitz Green is a popular glaze and wondered if anyone had a solution
to a problem I've been having with it. It worked wonderfully the first time
I used it, but the last 3 firings, it has turned brown (yes, I thoroughly
stir it each time I use it). It's not the firings, because everything else
turned out great--good reduction, etc. The recipe is as follows:
Neph Sye 70
Whiting 5
Gerstley Borate 2
Petalite 15
OM-4 Ball Clay 8
Cobalt Carb. 1
Rutile 1
I've been told that the problem is the Gerstley and that if I add 5-10
percent more, it will correct the problem. Any validity to that? Any other
suggestions? Thanks. Lori
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David Hendley on fri 25 feb 00
If your Reitz Green is brown, chances are that you
are applying it too thin.
Let the glaze sit in the bucket for a few days and then
decant off any water floating on the top, to thicken it up,
and try again!
--
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: Badlands Pottery
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Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:41 AM
Subject: Reitz Green glaze problems
| ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
| I know Reitz Green is a popular glaze and wondered if anyone had a
solution
| to a problem I've been having with it. It worked wonderfully the first
time
| I used it, but the last 3 firings, it has turned brown (yes, I thoroughly
| stir it each time I use it). It's not the firings, because everything
else
| turned out great--good reduction, etc. The recipe is as follows:
| Neph Sye 70
| Whiting 5
| Gerstley Borate 2
| Petalite 15
| OM-4 Ball Clay 8
| Cobalt Carb. 1
| Rutile 1
|
| I've been told that the problem is the Gerstley and that if I add 5-10
| percent more, it will correct the problem. Any validity to that? Any
other
| suggestions? Thanks. Lori
| ______________________________________________________
| Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
| |
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