Randy McCall on thu 5 aug 04
I recently fired some Amaco Glazes on Ellen Clay from Highwater to Cone =
6 small cone in a 1027 Skutt. Quick firing with 1 hour on low, 1 hour =
on medium, and 4 hours on high. Cone 05 bisque. Cone sitter just =
shutoff. No slow cool.
PC-20 Blue Rutile=20
Applied 4 coats to each piece.
Got a shiny dull blue, similar to a floating blue but not as nice. =
Nothing that looked like the advertisement. Floating blue, and Opal =
Glazes look better.
PC-30 Tenmmoku
Applied 4 coats to each piece.
Got a black semi gloss opaque with small gold flecks. Nice smooth =
glaze. I like this one. Looked more like a black teadust glaze to me.
PC-35 Oil Spot
Applied 4 coats to each piece.
Got a semi transparent brown glaze that only looked good on a tectured =
piece but where the piece was smooth it was not very impressive.
PC-50 Shino
Brushed on 4 coats as the others, which came out a brownish orange =
fairly opaque. Not impressed by itself, but where it was layered over a =
coat of nutmeg, PC-50, and then a coat of a cream breaking red got a =
nicely variation of browns, reddish brown, and whitish tan colors. Has =
possibilities where layered, but not nice by itself.
PC-60 Salt Buff
Applied one coat out of the jar which was still to thick. Need to cut =
thickness of glaze in half or cut very thin, but has possibilities.
Pompeian Ash Glaze PA 20 Dark Blue
Applied one coat out of the jar, but this was also too thick. Need to =
cut thickness of glaze in half or cut very thin, but has possibilities.=20
Keep in mind your firing schedule may have different results.
Randy McCall
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