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colored casting slip

updated sun 5 aug 01

 

Tom Herndon on sat 4 aug 01


Howdy,

Looking for an additive for my current clay body (cone 8, ox.) that will make
it an orange-ish, terra cotta color. Is there such an animal, or does
everything burn out at that temp?

Thank you in advance for any & all info on this subject,
Tom

Karen Sullivan on sat 4 aug 01


Tom..
would Iron Oxide work?



on 8/4/01 10:00 AM, Tom Herndon at TomHerndon01@AOL.COM wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> Looking for an additive for my current clay body (cone 8, ox.) that will make
> it an orange-ish, terra cotta color. Is there such an animal, or does
> everything burn out at that temp?
>
> Thank you in advance for any & all info on this subject,
> Tom
>
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