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cone 6 burgundy glaze

updated fri 23 sep 05

 

Judy Musicant on thu 22 sep 05


Hello Potters,

I also use Lana Wilson's recipe cited by June Perry at her website. =
Here's the recipe. Mine is a very definite dark burgundy color. If =
it's on a flat surface, or pooling at the bottom of a bowl, you can get =
a lovely blue/purple misty effect.=20

Ger. Borate...........20.68 =20

Neph. Sy............16.29 =20

E. P. Kaolin..........11.34 =
Whiting...........19.52 =
Flint.............32.16 Tin..............5 =
=20

Chrome Ox. .15 =
=20

(that's 0.15) (if it looks light pink with this amount of Chrome, add =
Chrome by .05 until you get a vibrant dark burgundy/red color. I tend to =
use .20)

June Kinsinger on thu 22 sep 05


Thanks, I will try this and see what I get in several test tiles.
June

-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Musicant
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:52:26 -0400
Subject: Cone 6 Burgundy Glaze


Hello Potters,

I also use Lana Wilson's recipe cited by June Perry at her website. Here's the
recipe. Mine is a very definite dark burgundy color. If it's on a flat
surface, or pooling at the bottom of a bowl, you can get a lovely blue/purple
misty effect.

Ger. Borate...........20.68

Neph. Sy............16.29

E. P. Kaolin..........11.34 Whiting...........19.52
Flint.............32.16 Tin..............5


Chrome Ox. .15


(that's 0.15) (if it looks light pink with this amount of Chrome, add Chrome by
.05 until you get a vibrant dark burgundy/red color. I tend to use .20)

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