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rutile -milled or granular

updated sat 3 oct 98

 

The Allens on sat 26 sep 98

Could someone please give me an idea about the different effects when using
granular rutile as opposed to miller or powdered rutile. I recently bought =
a
bag and discovered when I opened it that it was granular.

Thanks,

Carla Allen
ridgerun=40scrtc.blue.net

David Hendley on wed 30 sep 98

"Granular rutile", in my experience, is nothing like
powdered rutile. It is more closely related to Illmanite
than rutile, adding gold spots to a glaze rather than
coloring the glaze.

Since you have the bag, try experimenting with it
by adding it to your glazes. Start with very small amounts,
like .20% (two-tenths of one percent). This can be very
striking in a dark colbalt blue or black tenmoku glaze.

David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas



At 11:49 PM 9/26/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Could someone please give me an idea about the different effects when using
>granular rutile as opposed to miller or powdered rutile. I recently bought a
>bag and discovered when I opened it that it was granular.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Carla Allen
>ridgerun@scrtc.blue.net
>

Brad Sondahl on fri 2 oct 98

Granular rutile indeed makes speckles. Don't try to sieve it, it will be too bi
Brad Sondahl
http://www.camasnet.com/~asondahl/pottery.html

> >Could someone please give me an idea about the different effects when using
> >granular rutile as opposed to miller or powdered rutile. I recently bought a
> >bag and discovered when I opened it that it was granular.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Carla Allen
> >ridgerun@scrtc.blue.net
> >
>
>



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