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Comment by Jeff Poulter on July 15, 2013 at 8:04pm

Well, I only had red clay shards but they are firing as we speak. I also got some of the Gold but they were out of the Gold Rain. I still have Gold and Gold Rain from before they were reformulated w/o lead. I'll have to dig them out and do a side by side comparison. Jhp

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 14, 2013 at 5:59pm

B-Mix Cone 5 WC-401

http://www.lagunaclay.com/clays/western/wc401.php

Comment by Jeff Poulter on July 14, 2013 at 3:43pm

Hi Norm,

      No, but I would like to!  Do you have a recipe?  The best moly crystals I have gotten were with Steve's Brilliant Blue Ink.  It ran alot even at ^4 & it kind of acted like an ash glaze which is not good for moly.  They need a well melted glaze that doesn't move much, that allows the crystals to form.  Since I had to wait so long for the powder, I ordered 2 bottles from Axner.  They should be here tomorrow & I will test as well.  What kind of clay are you using to test on?  I think I can do a porcelain & also porcelain with a manganese slip over.  Also I have some red shards.  Let me know & thanks,  Jeff

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 13, 2013 at 6:18pm

Jeff - Have you ever made a cobalt-saturation glaze?

I received the gold-hued Spectrum Metallic Mirror glaze and it's safety labelled for high levels of cobalt.

You can tell by the wet glaze color there's not a significant amount of manganese dioxide. It looks like just about any glaze which contains a significant amount of iron oxide.

I have it on a test tile waiting for a firing.

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 9, 2013 at 9:40pm

Kathy - These are gold ^5/6 glazes, but you could certainly call them metallic copper.

http://www.kazegamas.com/Golds-C5.htm

The "sculpture glazes" are interesting as well.

http://www.kazegamas.com/Sculpture%20Glazes%205.htm

Comment by Jeff Poulter on July 9, 2013 at 3:16pm

I opted for the 5 lbs cause I want to mix things into it dry.  Also with the 25% discount, it was only $35.63 for the 5 lbs.  It will be interesting to see if I can get it to come out the same as the pre-mixed that you get Norm.  It' a race!!!!

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 9, 2013 at 2:46pm

Axner shipped us a couple of pints of Metallic Mirror today, so I'll have test tiles in a couple of weeks.

Comment by Jeff Poulter on July 9, 2013 at 12:43pm

Well, it looks like I won't be running any tests with it this weekend.  I just got my invoice from Baileys & it looks like delivery will be in 2-3 weeks.  Will keep you posted....   jhp

Comment by Jeff Poulter on July 9, 2013 at 12:18pm

I have ordered 5 lbs., so as soon as we lock down the shipping charge it hopefully will be on it's way.  Baileys has all Spectrum glazes on sale for 25% off through the end of the month, so that makes it doable.  jhp

Comment by Norm Stuart on July 9, 2013 at 11:59am

The best copper recipe I have is the Collin Pearson Bronze ^6 you currently use.

To manganese dioxide add 10% copper oxide for color and 10% china clay to control the viscosity.

I also have this low-fire leaded recipe:

	Bright Bronze ^03 oxidation
69.0%	Ceraflux lead-silicate frit
9.0%	Feldspar G-200 Potash
8.8%	Ferro Frit 3134
7.6%	Manganese Dioxide
3.0%	EPK
1.4%	Nickel Oxide
1.0%	Copper Oxide
0.2%	Titanium Oxide

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