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| 8/21/2007 10:06:49 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Normal Manganese Dioxide is milled into a fine powder. Finer than 300 mesh.
When Manganese Dio.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/21/2007 10:07:56 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Materials with higher mesh counts are finer.
A mesh count refers to the number of wires per in.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/21/2007 10:09:32 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Mesh size changes how a material melts, how it mixes with other materials in a glaze, and how it int.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/26/2007 1:31:11 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| GlazeMixer has stocked Red Copper Oxide from the beginning. However, I have never personally used i.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 8:49:47 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| When Red Copper Oxide is exposed to oxygen it will oxidize into Copper Oxide. So, to keep Red Copper.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 8:51:30 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Here is a picture of the Red Copper Oxide goo ball at the bottom that repels water. |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 8:56:44 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| To get the thing to mix, try adding a few drops of detergent.
Dishwashing detergent can conta.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 10:21:04 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Here is a picture after Detergent is mixed in. |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 10:24:56 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| You can usually substitute 1.12 Black Copper Oxide for 1 Red Copper Oxide.
Here is the calculat.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 10:27:51 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Because we use less Red Copper Oxide when substituting for Black Copper Oxide, can we save some mone.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 8/27/2007 10:34:17 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| A great reference for Glaze Calculation is the book, "Clay and Glazes for the Potter", originally by.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 9/14/2007 8:48:01 AM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Here is a test tile made from a clear base glaze with 3% Granular Manganese Dioxide.
The Mangan.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 9/22/2007 3:27:18 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Calcining is the process of removing chemically combined water from a material with heat (or pre-fir.... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 10/1/2007 12:31:16 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| The main purpose of adding Epsom Salts to a glaze recipe is to keep the glaze in suspension.
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 10/1/2007 12:56:01 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| For most cases, you will only need to add about 0.1% Epsom Salt of the dry weight of the glaze.
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 10/1/2007 1:02:25 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| Epsom salts are colorless transparent crystals. They have many everyday uses outside of ceramics. .... |
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| GLAZEMIXER |
| 10/1/2007 1:07:05 PM |
| Topic: Raw Materials and Substitutions |
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| You can also add epsom salts to your clay bodies to improve the plasticity. You should only add abo.... |
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