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glaze test for butter satin gloss, cone 6 ox.

updated fri 14 jun 02

 

Alisa Liskin Clausen on thu 13 jun 02


Glaze test for Butter Satin Gloss, cone 6, ox.

Glaze tested on white midrange stoneware fired in electric oxidation to =
1220c.

Source: Clayart
Credited to:

Firing ramp:
100c p/h to 600c (212f - 1112f)
150c p/h to 1100c (330f - 2012f)=20
100c p/h to 1220c (212f - 2228f)
cool down max. per hour to 900c (1652f)
hold for one hour at 900c
shut off kiln

Recipe:
36 Custer Feldspar
20 Frit 3124
16 Talc
20 EPK
8 Wollastonite

ADD
3 Tin oxide
5 Rutile

Note: All raw materials are measured up or down to the nearest whole =
decimal. =20
Colorants or additives to a 100 gram test batch are measured in precent =
to the 100 gram test batch.

Substitutions: Frit 623 for Frit 3124

Results:
Smooth, Rutile yellow/beige gloss. On test with clay that has iron =
flecks, flecks were very visible under glaze. Where the glaze is =
thinner,
it is overall slightly more beige than yellow. Where thickets, it =
becomes a lighter, brighter yellow. Where thick and thin meet, there =
are=20
smooth streaks of yellow. Very well melted.

with ADDitives=20
5 Rutile, 10 Titanium oxide
same as above, but slightly less streaking, slightly less white in outer =
edges of streaks.

with ADDitives=20
10 Rutile, 20 Titanium oxide
Same as above but glaze is stiffer. No streaking.

Regards from Alisa in Denmark