William & Susan Schran User on thu 8 dec 05
On 12/8/05 1:03 PM, "Brad Carter" wrote:
> What I summarized from
> the many posts I found on the subject is that I should fire to a "hard" cone
> six, with a slow cool down. I had hoped to be able to fire Floating Blues
> with iron red glazes, but I recall one post saying the that FB comes out "snot
> "
> green. This seems to indicate that these two types of glazes cannot be fired
> together sucessfully.
Using a floating blue made with "gastley" borate, we found the best blue
resulted from a full ^5 and a quick cool. A bit higher in temperature or a
slow cool would result in a greener color.
-- William "Bill" Schran
Fredericksburg, Virginia
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
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