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pesky little crater at handleI know I have seen information on this somewhere , but searched the internet to no avail. Before glazing, I use a paint brush to spread wat… Started by juli long in Glazes - Testing and Reporting |
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Aug 31, 2015 Reply by Joseph Fireborn |
Recipes from John Britt's book Mastering mid-range glazes in .xml format.I have John Britt's book Mastering mid-range glazes and love it. I would like to look at some of those glazes in Insight but I really… Started by Lawrence Weathers in Glazes - Recipe Exchange |
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Aug 23, 2015 Reply by Lawrence Weathers |
Skutt kiln not reaching temperatureI have a Skutt model 181 kiln that will not reach temperatures above cone 1 The top two elements were replaced today and after leaving the… Started by Robert spicer in Pottery Equipment |
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Aug 23, 2015 Reply by Robert spicer |
Skutt Error 8So this is the first time I have seen this error. The manual says that the temperature was decreasing in the last ramp of a cone fire prog… Started by Jeff Poulter in Pottery Equipment |
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Jul 17, 2015 Reply by Jeff Poulter |
Historic tile glaze reproduction: any ideas?Started by Nancy Krug in Glazes - Development and Adjustment |
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Jul 16, 2015 Reply by Nancy Krug |
Effects of BentoniteI was mixing a batch of Steven Hill's Strontium Crystal Magic (warm) and was tired and in a hurry when I got to the Bentonite. I read acro… Started by Rodney Allen Roe in Glazes - Development and Adjustment |
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Jul 4, 2015 Reply by Rodney Allen Roe |
Deflocculant - Sodium CitrateI wonder if anyone has used Sodium Citrate as a deflocculant? Digitalfire Deflocculants, including Sodium Citrate At $5 per pound it's as i… Started by Norm Stuart in Glazes - Theory and Chemistry |
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Jul 3, 2015 Reply by Norm Stuart |
copper rutile mattebeautiful glaze, I just have to fix some big problems. Found this glaze on pinterest, Copper Rutile Matte Neph sye 65 dolomite 7 zinc… Started by juli long in Glazes - Testing and Reporting |
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Jul 2, 2015 Reply by juli long |
copper blues in oxidisationI'm wanting to create some blue glazes using copper carbonate, I'm currently working from the digital fire cone 6 base glazes. From what I… Started by Tom Humphries in Glazes - Development and Adjustment |
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Jun 25, 2015 Reply by Norm Stuart |
Glaze recipes using Alberta SlipI have been looking at some glaze recipes that use Alberta Slip. I found the recipes at Albertaslip.com. I also found some at the Plainsm… Started by Chantay Poulsen in Glazes - Testing and Reporting |
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Jun 20, 2015 Reply by Chantay Poulsen |
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