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peeler yellow (st. johns) - how to replace barium with strontium

updated thu 17 oct 02

 

Linda Knapp on wed 16 oct 02

Carb.

And I would be willing to bet that it will not be yellow - I have had no
luck at all getting old yellow/barium glazes to come out yellow with
strontium..... They come out a lovely baby poo color instead.

Cheers!
Linda

June Perry wrote:

>All you have to do to replace the barium with strontium carbonate is just
>multiply the amount of barium in the recipe by .75. In this Peeler Yellow
>recipes 3/4 of the 24 barium would then be 18 grams of Strontium Carbonate,
>using the 100% version of the recipe posted.
>You may not get the same color substituting the strontium for the barium, but
>it will definitely be a safer glaze if the rest of it is in balance.
>
>Regards,
>June Perry
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