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glazes have neither teeth nor fingernails

updated sun 4 apr 10

 

lili krakowski on sat 3 apr 10


And what, my dear, is to hold this poor glaze on?

45 Nepheline Syenite
30 Silica
8 Whiting
10 Dolomite
7 Talc

100 Total


.205 Na2O
.063 K2O
.301 MgO
.431 CaO
1.000 Total

.297 Al2O3
.002 Fe2O3

2.916 SiO2

9.8 Ratio
72.3 Exp

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Everyone of your materials is non plastic. So how does the glaze hang =3D
on? =3D20

Recalculated glaze

45.7 Nepheline Syenite
13.3 Whiting
3 Bentonite
14.3 Talc
23.8 Flint

100.1 Total

.197 Na2O
.06 K2O
.292 MgO
.452 CaO
1.000 Total

.293 Al2O3
.003 Fe2O3

2.63 SiO2


Calculations by GlazeMasterT

You may well get away with just adding 3% Bentonite to the existing =3D
glaze. And as I understand it, there are patented substances one can add =
=3D
to glazes to make them stick.

Good luck



Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage