Randy McCall on sat 5 jun 04
I have been looking at the new Amaco Glazes that are being advertised =
lately. =20
The Pompeian Ash type glazes and the Potter's Choice glazes. Has anyone =
tried them. If you have would you share your results?
Thanks
Cindi Anderson on sun 6 jun 04
I got completely different results than Randy. Of course! I think these
glazes are going to look different for every person.
I fired at Cone 5-7 electric (several different firings, kiln underfired, I
adjusted and it overfired... so I had a variety of temperatures.) All were
on stonewrae. Blue Rutile looked really good on both red and white clay as
long as it is applied VERY thick. Tenmoku was a nice dark, slightly
purplish tone with barely noticeable flecks of green. Celadon looked too
green to me. Maybe I don't understand true celadon's, but I prefer the
bluer celadons. This was a brighter lime-y green. The Shino and Salt Buff
I tried several times and it was ugly each time. Still working on getting
those right. Amaco sent me some photos and they looked totally different
than mine. But I was brushing and I'm not sure it is possible to make an
uneven coat that doesn't look like crap when brushing. I believe spraying
would definitely help. Or using them for decorative brush marks as opposed
to covering a whole surface. I did do a test tile of the Salt Buff since, a
very thin coat over a texture, and it looks like that has potential to look
like a salt firing. Oil Spot was ok, dark brown with darker brown flecks.
Cindi
Fremont, CA
George Koch on sun 6 jun 04
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Randy McCall asked:
I have been looking at the new Amaco Glazes that are being advertised
lately. The Pompeian Ash type glazes and the Potter's Choice glazes. Has
anyone tried them. If you have would you share your results?
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Hi Randy,
I've tried 3 of the Potter's Choice glazes. I fired them on porcelain at
both cone 6 (recommended 5-6) and at cone 9 (where I usually fire). I did
not like the Salt Buff PC60 at all. Runny light army green with some brown
backgrounds. The PC35 Oil Spot was better and will take a little more
experimenting; so far, though, only ok and not really like oil spot (to
me).
The PC50 Shino is beautiful - rich reds and browns, varies significantly
with varying thickness of application (which they recommend). However,
I've also thinned it and sprayed it and it produces a stunning gloss red-
brown with tiny speckles, with only a little variation on the inside
bottom of the pot.
All three worked at both 6 and 9, though at 9 the PC60 and PC35 were much
lighter. The PC50, which was the one I liked better anyway, is beautiful
at both cone temps.
FYI, my firing cycle (electric, oxidation) is 500 deg per hour up to cone
temp, ramp down at 100 per hour to 1850, hold three hours, then ramp down
50 per hour to 1500, then power off, everything plugged up until below 200.
Pastor George
_________________________________________ .
Rev Dr George Byron Koch, Pastor (and Potter) . Church of the
Resurrection . West Chicago IL 60185 . www.resurrection.org .
...Still reeling from the youth group taking over the whole church today,
beginning with them tying up the youth pastor and wheeling him out of the
church. They even launched paper airplanes from the balcony with Psalm
verses written on them. Ahhhhhh, to be 14 again. (Quite a hoot)
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