Cliff/Karen Sandlin on thu 28 mar 02
Hi everyone: I have been reading the posts on chun glaze. I have a
Cone 5commercial glaze of Laguna's called Chun Red. No matter what clay
I've used it on, it is ugly.
Has anyone had success using this over or under another commercial
glaze? All I have tried so far are putrid.
I'd appreciate your experience.
Karen
Deeclay@AOL.COM on thu 28 mar 02
Hi Karen
I have used this glaze for years. I put on 3 coats of glaze and 2 coats of
clear and fire to cone 6 and get wonderful reds with some green crystals.
Just make sure you thin out the coats near the bottom of your piece as it
tends to run.
I have used Chun Red on white & tan stoneware and terra cotta all do well.
Good luck
Diane in hot hot hot Miami
J Lutz on thu 28 mar 02
Karen,
I've used Laguna's Chun Red and must say that I agree that it is ugly. It
must be applied very thick as someone else mentioned and only really works
on heavily textured surfaces. Even when you are lucky enough to get red
it's dead.
Jean
At 10:12 AM 3/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi everyone: I have been reading the posts on chun glaze. I have a
>Cone 5commercial glaze of Laguna's called Chun Red. No matter what clay
>I've used it on, it is ugly.
>Has anyone had success using this over or under another commercial
>glaze? All I have tried so far are putrid.
>I'd appreciate your experience.
>Karen
John Britt on thu 28 mar 02
Yo,
I think Laguna Chun Red is a great glaze. I worked well for me on
porcelain and if it did not look on the first try, I would refire it and it
was fantastic. Like a celadon with copper red splotches. Very glossy. It
you under fire it it is bubbly and blood red looking. You have to give the
silicon carbide time to froth out.
Also, you have to apply it just right and fire it to about cone 7 in the
sitter.
That glaze was my only salvation at electric cone 6.
Later,
John
Diane Woloshyn on fri 29 mar 02
The trick to using this glaze is to refire it. After it has been glaze
fired, put it back into a bisque load and fire again, or a slow cooling might
work as well, although I haven't tried it. If is not applied to heavily, it
will come out a lovely deep wine and cream. It takes some experimenting to
get the application right.
Diane Florida Bird Lady
Kim Marie on sat 30 mar 02
Is this done in an oxidation atmosphere? I think I missed the 1st posting
Kim in Spafford, NY Sprint sunshine on wet snow.
I have used this glaze for years. I put on 3 coats of glaze and 2 coats of
clear and fire to cone 6 and get wonderful reds with some green crystals.
Just make sure you thin out the coats near the bottom of your piece as it
tends to run.
I have used Chun Red on white & tan stoneware and terra cotta all do well.
Good luck
Diane in hot hot hot Miami
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