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holly red

updated fri 29 mar 02

 

Lajos Kamocsay on thu 28 mar 02


hello,

i've tried the holly red glaze from laguna, ^06. the color and shine is =
amazing! it also gives great texture with rutile. no pinholing, no =
crazing.
however, it contains lead. can i get the same deep red using some =
different flux? any recepies?

thanks,
Lajos

Ababi on thu 28 mar 02


The red in this case comes from the lead!

---------- Original Message ----------

>hello,

>i've tried the holly red glaze from laguna, ^06. the color and shine is
>amazing! it also gives great texture with rutile. no pinholing, no
>crazing.
>however, it contains lead. can i get the same deep red using some
>different flux? any recepies?

>thanks,
>Lajos

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