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salt glazes

updated wed 28 oct 98

 

Michelle McCurdy on thu 22 oct 98

Hello,
Does anyone know of or know where I can find a few good salt glazes
c7-9?? Thanks Alot!!!!! Michelle

Chess Denman on fri 23 oct 98

I chatted to a salt glazing potter today who told me that he uses slip on
the clay body and then fires to 1280 or above in reduction adding the salt
into the kiln at about 1250 with a final oxidation. He seemed to be using no
glaze at all just relying on the salt to attack and flux the clay body
giving the shine.

Chess UK
-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle McCurdy
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: 22 October 1998 14:55
Subject: SALT GLAZES


>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello,
> Does anyone know of or know where I can find a few good salt glazes
>c7-9?? Thanks Alot!!!!! Michelle
>

paul on sat 24 oct 98

Dear Michelle,

I can give you a few glazes that work well for me at the ^7-8 range in my
wood-salt kiln. I changed these and other glazes (for reduction) from ^10 to
^ 7 with alot of testing. Basically, it was arrived through increasing or
changing the fluxes to ones with more alkalis and lowering the clay
(silica-alumina) content. This was before using and understanding INSIGHT
but through alot of failures I now have a few nice glazes at that temp. that
look like they have been fired to ^10-12 but have been fired to ^7-8.
Good Luck - Paul Wilmoth

1) - ASH - gerstley borate - 10: whiting - 15 : red art 50 : ash - 50.
I do not wash my ash.

2)Heidi's Temmoku - custer spar - 25 : whiting -13 : silica - 5 : om4
ball - 12 : zinc ox - 5 ;
cornwall stone - 40 : red iron oxide - 10 %.

3) PW Temmoku - custer spar - 34 : whiting - 17 : epk - 8 : silica - 41 :
red iron oxide 10%

4) Trout - Neph. Sy. - 49 : whiting - 15 : epk - 12 : silica - 24:
magnesium carb. - 1/4 %, frit 3134 -10% : copper ox 6%


>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Hello,
> Does anyone know of or know where I can find a few good salt glazes
>c7-9?? Thanks Alot!!!!! Michelle

Marty Anderson on sat 24 oct 98

I have found using oxide washes sprayed on bisque is a good sub for glaze on
salt fired pots. the salt caused the pots to glaze themselves and the
oxides inhanced the process.


-----Original Message-----
From: Chess Denman
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: SALT GLAZES


>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I chatted to a salt glazing potter today who told me that he uses slip on
>the clay body and then fires to 1280 or above in reduction adding the salt
>into the kiln at about 1250 with a final oxidation. He seemed to be using
no
>glaze at all just relying on the salt to attack and flux the clay body
>giving the shine.
>
>Chess UK
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michelle McCurdy
>To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
>Date: 22 October 1998 14:55
>Subject: SALT GLAZES
>
>
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>Hello,
>> Does anyone know of or know where I can find a few good salt glazes
>>c7-9?? Thanks Alot!!!!! Michelle
>>
>

"Terry Sullivan/Nottingham Center for the Arts. San Marcos," on mon 26 oct 98

I'm not knowledgable on salt glazes at all however came across two beautiful
effects years ago when briefly had access to a salt kiln in college.

Had fired a hand built bowl of smooth iron rich clay, think it was Laguna
"navajo", and we couldn't get the kiln high enough for the salt to fully
"glaze".
Made it to about cone 4-5 and surface was a dull mat.
On a whim; I put the piece into a 40 cu ft. mixed class cone 10 reduction
firing.
It came out a beautiful rich brownish red with a satin glaze.

Other was a small hand carved piece in a groggy red stoneware ( school mix )
on which I rubbed dry ball clay when it was med. leather hard. When fired to
cone 10 Salt it came out highly clear glazed and with a beautiful red/orange
color ( not tacky but very "natural" look.

Terry Sullivan
Nottingham Center for the Arts

Looking forward to building our first salt kiln this spring and playing.

Frank Martin on tue 27 oct 98

>Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:51:54 EDT
>From: Michelle McCurdy
>Subject: SALT GLAZES
>Hello,
> Does anyone know of or know where I can find a few good salt glazes
>c7-9?? Thanks Alot!!!!! Michelle

Michelle
Most of the glazes here are for a heavy
salting approximately 12-25 lbs. of rock salt.
Some of glazes have been used in a wood salt/soda kiln with less salt
and some soda, they seem to be fine.

Also it probably wouldn't be a good idea to reduced heavy at the end
after salting, I have seen the shiny glazes go gray and dull.


Good luck.


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+++ Peters barium bright +++
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Color: Green


Barium carbonate 21.8 21.8%
Dolomite 12.7 12.7%
Custer feldspar 16.5 16.5%
Calcined china clay 6.1 6.1%
EPK 4.5 4.5%
Flint 38.4 38.4%
-------- ------
100 100 %

Red iron oxide 3.7 3.7%

Variations:
9% red iron oxide for red


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+++ (Happy Camper Red) Chun red +++
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Kona F-4 38.84 38.8%
Flint 28.12 28.1%
Gerstley borate 11.59 11.6%
Strontium carbonate 3.87 3.9%
Whiting 8.7 8.7%
EPK 3.09 3.1%
Talc 0.97 1 %
Bone ash 0.97 1 %
Frit 3110 1.45 1.4%
Tin oxide 1.45 1.4%
Copper carbonate 0.97 1 %
-------- ------
100 100 %

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+++ St John's black +++
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Albany slip 65 61.9%
Nepheline syenite 35 33.3%
Cobalt oxide 5 4.8%
-------- ------
105 100 %

blue in heavy salt

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+++ ST Johns blue black +++
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Range: c/9-10
Firing type: Salt - Soda
Glaze type: Salt glaze
Color: Blue (electric)
Surface: Gloss
Transparency: Translucent
Flow: Slight
Testing: tested good


Custer spar 48 49.5%
Flint 20 20.6%
Wollastonite 10 10.3%
Gerstley borate 4 4.1%
Ball clay 6 6.2%
Zinc oxide 2 2.1%
Red iron oxide 3 3.1%
Black cobalt oxide 2 2.1%
Bentonite 2 2.1%
-------- ------
97 100 %
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+++ St. John's Cannonball Blue +++
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Custer feldspar 50 52.6%
Wollastonite 10 10.5%
Gerstley borate 5 5.3%
Flint 20 21.1%
Ball clay 5 5.3%
Red iron oxide 4 4.2%
Cobalt oxide 1 1.1%
-------- ------
95 100 %
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+++ St. John's Cannonball Blue-Green +++
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Wollastonite 8.6 8.6%
Custer feldspar 50.9 50.9%
Whiting 2.6 2.6%
Zinc oxide 3.4 3.4%
EPK 21.6 21.6%
Ball clay 4.3 4.3%
Flint 4.3 4.3%
Gerstley borate 4.3 4.3%
-------- ------
100 100 %

Red iron oxide 15.5 15.5%
Cobalt oxide 0.9 0.9%


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+++ St. John's Cannonball Iron Green +++
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Whiting 12 11.4%
Buckingham feldspar 53 50.5%
Barium carbonate 2.5 2.4%
Zinc oxide 2.5 2.4%
fint 24 22.9%
EPK 6 5.7%
Red iron oxide 5 4.8%
-------- ------
105 100 %


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+++ St. John's Cannonball Iron Yellow +++
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Custer feldspar 42.2 42.2%
Whiting 15.9 15.9%
Zinc oxide 2.1 2.1%
EPK 12.3 12.3%
Flint 21.1 21.1%
Red iron oxide 6.4 6.4%
-------- ------
100 100 %



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+++ St. John's bright Amber +++
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Albany slip 50 33.3%
Wollastonite 20 13.3%
Calcined china clay 5 3.3%
Gerstley borate 5 3.3%
Yellow ocher 10 6.7%
Whiting 10 6.7%
Flint 20 13.3%
Custer feldspar 30 20 %
-------- ------
150 100 %


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+++ Amber Celadon +++
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Range: c/9-10
Firing type: Ox. or Red.
Glaze type: Slip glaze
Color: Green-Amber
Surface: Gloss
Transparency: Transparent
Testing: tested good


Alberta slip 33 31.1%
Wollastonite 13 12.3%
Custer feldspar 20 18.9%
Whiting 7 6.6%
Gerstley borate 3 2.8%
EPK 3 2.8%
Flint 14 13.2%
Yellow Ocher 7 6.6%
Bentonite 6 5.7%
-------- ------
106 100 %

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+++ 70/30 red Yellow to Green +++
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Redart 70 70 %
Whiting 30 30 %
-------- ------
100 100 %


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+++ Carman's red (Use 3% Black copper oxide in salt) +++
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Range: c/9-10
Firing type: Reduction
Glaze type: Boron glaze
Color: Red Orange
Surface: Gloss
Transparency: Translucent
Flow: Slight
Durability: Good
Testing: used often


Nepheline syenite 42 41.8%
Custer feldspar 9.3 9.3%
EPK 2 2 %
Flint 22.4 22.3%
Gerstley borate 13 12.9%
Whiting 10.4 10.4%
Black copper oxide 0.3 0.3%
Tin oxide 1 1 %
-------- ------
100.4 100 %


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+++ Cornell s Plum +++
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Custer feldspar 42.86 42.9%
Flint 28.57 28.6%
Whiting 14.29 14.3%
Yellow ocher 14.29 14.3%
-------- ------
100 100 %



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+++ Ferrel black Slip glaze (for brushing) and bisque or once fire
+++
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Albany slip 65.3 66.4%
Chromium oxide 7 7.1%
Cobalt oxide 3 3.1%
Ball clay 23 23.4%
-------- ------
98.3 100 %



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+++ goose flies high {(white) for bisque or once fire)} +++
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Custer feldspar 46.25 46.2%
Gerstley borate 17.22 17.2%
Ball clay 16.12 16.1%
Flint 7.51 7.5%
Dolomite 5.41 5.4%
Zircopax 7.51 7.5%
-------- ------
100 100 %


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+++ Iron Green Clear (Seacrest temmoku) +++
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Whiting 12 12.1%
Buckingham feldspar 53 53.5%
Barium carbonate 2.5 2.5%
Zinc oxide 2.5 2.5%
Flint 24 24.2%
Red iron oxide 5 5.1%
-------- ------
99 100 %


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+++ K.C. Iron Yellow +++
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Flint 33 30 %
Ball clay 7 6.4%
Whiting 7 6.4%
Dolomite 12 10.9%
Custer feldspar 41 37.3%
Red iron oxide 10 9.1%
-------- ------
110 100 %


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+++ Oreilly White +++
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Kona F-4 feldspar 2.89 2.9%
Custer feldspar 49.55 49.6%
Dolomite 7.98 8 %
Whiting 8.77 8.8%
EPK 5.68 5.7%
Zinc oxide 3.59 3.6%
Petalite 3.29 3.3%
Superpax 6.18 6.2%
Barium carbonate 1.2 1.2%
Flint 10.87 10.9%
-------- ------
100 100 %


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+++ Plum +++
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Custer feldspar 31.8 31.8%
Flint 36.4 36.4%
EPK 9.1 9.1%
Whiting 13.6 13.6%
Manganese dioxide 9.1 9.1%
-------- ------
100 100 %


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+++ Sky Blue satin matt +++
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Range: c/9-10
Firing type: Ox. or Red.
Glaze type: Magnesium matt
Color: Blue
Surface: Satin matt
Transparency: Opaque
Flow: Slight
Durability: Good
Testing: very best!!! (use)
Source: AU.



Custer feldspar 12 12 %
Kona F-4 30 30 %
Gerstley borate 12 12 %
Talc 14 14 %
Dolomite 8 8 %
EPK 4 4 %
Flint 20 20 %
-------- ------
100 100 %

Cobalt carbonate 1 1 %
Manganese dioxide 0.25 0.3%
Chrome oxide 0.25 0.3%


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+++ Squab Albany Yellow +++
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Albany slip 100 61 %
Wollastonite 40 24.4%
Calcined china clay 10 6.1%
Gerstley borate 10 6.1%
Rutile 4 2.4%
-------- ------
164 100 %

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