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Comment by Anthony Andersen on November 9, 2010 at 9:30pm

You can actually see how much it ran on the left and right images above. There's a pretty defined line where the run stopped.
I spray the SCM (and SCM4O) on pretty thin at the bottom of my pots. Basically just enough to be opaque. It looks pretty good on smooth clay even when very thin. It gets darker but is still nice and even. And actually my biggest problems with SCM too thick has been with cratering rather than running. I guess I had enough warning not to overdo it.
It's pretty hard to describe spraying, but here goes:
In the middle of the pots, I spray it on so that I can see a sheen on the glaze for about 3-4 seconds before it dries and I spin the pots pretty fast while spraying to lessen the possibility of drips. (For contrast, I spray Shino until I can see the sheen for 12-15 seconds.) That's with the glaze mixed evenly by weight with water - 100g glaze to 100g water - and with completely dry bisque fired pots (I pour the inside and wait until the pot is completely dry before spraying the outside). From another perspective, when I spray SCM it's definitely not more than 1mm thick and it works well for me.
As far as I can tell, there's no difference between the ^6 and ^10 SCM from Glazemixer and Steven Hill says (on his photos page on this site) that he hasn't changed the SCM recipe for his new ^6 firings so I think you'd be fine with either one.
For more pics with "before" shots, check my blog - anthonyandersen.blogspot.com. I've been firing ^10R so I haven't been posting the pics here, but I've got some pots in my electric kiln that will be fired tomorrow and I've got a lot more electric tests planned for the next couple months so hopefully I'll have more to post fairly soon.

Comment by Jeff Poulter on November 9, 2010 at 6:03pm

Hi Anthony,
I have some SCM4O coming to use on some pots. I was just wondering how much it runs & how careful you have to be at the base of pots with it. I spray all my glazes & like to layer. My only experience with it is the regular SCM & I used it on some ^10R pots. It didn't turn out like I expected, but I may have used the ^6 version of it. I had a bottle of each from Glazemixer, ^6 & ^10, & I may have used the wrong one, `cause I had never fired anything with it @ ^6, but the other day I was going to use the ^6 version & there was some missing & the ^10 bottle looks like it is still full. I should have known the difference as the ^10 one I have is the one with iron added. Anyway, I am going to give it a try at ^6 & see how it goes. BTW, I like how you show us with descriptive terms the before & after photos with your layers. Very cool! jhp