Alex Solla on thu 20 apr 06
Fred, I dont profess to be an expert on Barium mattes.... BUT from what I can see in your test tiles the main issue is thickness. When testing any glaze I like to see a whole range of thickness from wicked think to so thick it moves! Then I can see the whole gamut. It would seem that with experience one would know the right viscocity for testing, but I keep on testing this way....now and again when a glaze goes on the fritz, a quick look back at the test tiles will tell me most of what I need to know.
Hope that helps. If you want a more thorough explanation as to why thickness is paramount with these mattes, email me off list and I can give what little insight I have.
cheers,
Alex Solla
Cold Springs Studio
4088 Cold Springs Road
Trumansburg, NY 14886
"F. Parker" wrote:
I recently did a test firing with a good many tests. One result is
completely baffling to me. You can see the results at
http://www.engwrite.com/glaze test 0406/glaze test 0406_1.htm
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