- Understanding Glaze Basics - Glazy
Glaze is essentially a specialized glass formula engineered to melt and fuse onto clay at certain temperatures It makes ceramic ware waterproof, more durable, and visually appealing Without glaze, many ceramic pieces would be prone to leakage, staining, or rapid wear
- Search - Glazy Ceramic Glaze and Pottery Recipes
A fabulous clear glaze! I tested about 15 clears last year and only came up with 2 that I would consider using This glaze is incredibly forgiving - doesn't show drips, overdips, differences in thickness, is glassy clear w o yellow, and doesn't craze
- Major Oxides in Glazes - Glazy
When you mix a glaze, you’re combining several powdered materials, each of which contributes certain oxides to the final melt These oxides determine how easily the glaze melts, how fluid or matte it becomes, and how it ultimately looks and behaves on your fired pieces
- Common Glaze Defects - Glazy
Avoid applying glaze too thickly A heavy coat can crack as it dries, which turns into crawling once it melts Lower raw clay content in the glaze or use some calcined clay instead of all raw kaolin ball clay Too much shrinkage in the dry coating leads to early cracking and crawling
- Glazy Ceramic Glaze and Pottery Recipes
Mix CMC and or macaloid veegumT into the glaze to aid in suspension and application The glaze base is much easier to apply if dipped, but we aren't interested in making a giant bucket load of it, at least yet!
- Material Substitution in Ceramic Recipes - Glazy - Glazy Ceramic Glaze . . .
Step-by-step guidance on swapping raw materials in your glaze or clay formulas, from easy one-to-one replacements to more complex multi-oxide adjustments
- Chemical Analyses and Formulas in Ceramics - Glazy
To understand or adjust how a glaze fires, we track these oxide “ingredients” using percentage analyses and formulas They help us foresee whether a glaze will melt fluidly, stay matte, fit the claybody, and so on
- New to mixing glazes? Start here - Glaze Testing - Glazy Ceramics Wiki
To mix a glaze, weigh out the ingredients and add water until you have a creamy consistency Mix well, put it through a sieve then divide into however many cups you have This can be done by sight or more accurately, up to you
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