Clay and Glaze Chemistry

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1. Chrome & Zinc - toxic?

   By Beccap, April 7
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   • Min
   • April 8

2. Dry Effect Oxide Patina

   By SusannaK, April 5   

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   • SusannaK
   • April 8

3. Strontium Crystal Magic Cool- Food Safe?

   By Caroline E, April 4
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   • Min
   • April 5

4. Blistering? Need advice

   By StudioClover, April 4
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   • Callie Beller Diesel
   • April 5

5. How Can I Get a Smooth Finish with underglaze

   By tman123, March 29
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   • neilestrick
   • April 2

6. Can you predict the approximate drop/hold temperature in a drop and hold firing from the chemistry of a glaze? 1 2

   By Marilyn T, February 14
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   • Callie Beller Diesel
   • March 30

7. Plastic clay reclaim buckets pulling iron out of clay

   By Piedmont Pottery, September 7, 2023
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   • Retxy
   • March 28

8. crackle glazes

   By s6x, March 28
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   • Min
   • March 28

9. using ash from incinerated rubbish?

   By Mackmack101, March 24
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   • Mackmack101
   • March 24

10. glaze firing speed

    By s6x, March 23
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    • Min
    • March 24

11. Wollastonite lumps revisited

    By Piedmont Pottery, March 20
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    • High Bridge Pottery
    • March 23

12. Managanese Wash

    By LeeU, March 21
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    • Babs
    • March 21

13. Use frit not listed in a glazy.org recipe

    By Twitchy, March 20
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    • High Bridge Pottery
    • March 21

14. Help with making / recipe for good glazes for red clay

    By Liat Avital, March 20
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    • Dick White
    • March 20

15. Raku Glaze Problem

    By Maxwell, March 13
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    • Maxwell
    • March 20

16. Granular Feldspar

    By Hands On, March 7
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    • Hands On
    • March 19

17. Drop and Soak program for Cone 6 in Skutt

    By Potpotpotter, March 10   

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    • Morgan
    • March 19

18. Thixotropic Clay

    By Kelly in AK, September 12, 2022
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    • kande04
    • March 16

19. Spraying glaze with iron spangles

    By Seesee, March 13   

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    • Min
    • March 16

20. Clay Shrinkage

    By Sandi0720, March 14
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    • Sandi0720
    • March 15

21. Mayco Alabaster

    By Potpotpotter, January 6   

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    • Potpotpotter
    • March 10

22. One step naked raku

    By Tin Roof Pottery, March 6   

    • bare clay firing techniques
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    • Tin Roof Pottery
    • March 10

23. Water baby batteries and lithium futures

    By Retxy, March 6
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    • Retxy
    • March 6

24. Gold Luster

    By Reza Hosseiny, March 3
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    • Mark C.
    • March 4

25. An experiment in Fritware Zero3 1 2 3 4 5

    By High Bridge Pottery, November 24, 2022
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    • High Bridge Pottery
    • March 4