Electric Mid&Hi Fired Ceramics
Potters & Sculptors - Making Rock from Mud
Glaze Tests
I have set up a web site with glaze tests for any one interested. Tried an true recipes that are some of my favorites.
Site is better with Opera or Chrome
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Poulter on
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Thanks Randy,
It worked just fine using Chrome. I went through all the pages and really liked a lot of the combos. Very helpful. I will be trying some of them soon. Jeff
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Permalink Reply by George Lewter on
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Sorry, When I first visited your site all I saw was a vertical pattern and a single link that didn't work. I just revisited and now see the line "POTTERY GLAZE TESTING" and then there is about 8 inches of blank vertical space before your content begins (I had to scroll down to find it.) Once I got to it, I agree with Jeff. Nice glaze combos and nicely documented as well. I'm using google Chrome, too.
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thanks for posting- great combinations and comments about the glazes
iHave a question about the comment you made about the bisque firing. you mentioned holding the bisque firing at medium for 5 hours. Could you be more specific about the actual temperature? I would like to try this. I have a skutt 1227 and what I usually do is turn kiln to L on all 3 dials, wait 1 1/2 hours and turn all dials up to Med, then after another 1 1/2 hours turn all to to high. fire until cone 06. around what temp should I hold the kiln for 5 hours?
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I was told to fire 5 to 6 hours on med to get rid of pinholes.
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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Leader on
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Very nice Randy. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. Gotcha in my bookmarks! : ) Jen
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Update on this comment. You may or may not need to do a hold at this temp. It just depends on your clay and glazes. I was not able to resolve my pinhole problems until I changed my clay. Pinholes disappeared.
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Did not work with opera at all, also tried on Explorer and Safari, same result 404-error. I am very disappointed because I wanted to see what you had to share.
Nadine
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Nadine you should be able to get there. Just cut copy and paste what I have into your address on your browser. Make sure it is preceded by http://
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I did try that the first time and when I use your link the page has vertical stripes all over and the links to the glazes do not work. I tried refreshing the page, re-setting safari and opera to no use!
Very frustrating.
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Ok I scrolled down....DUH... and now I see them, Thank you Brian!
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What you see is what you get. It does not normally run. Depends on whether or how long you
do a hold and how much you put on. I usually use it in layering glazes.
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