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one of my favorites lately is  Mike's clear with 6527, Shadow Grey mason stain.  when i add 2% copper, i get a really nice sortofkindof celadon.  the best part is that the recipe is simple and lots of other colors come out well with the base clear.  

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babs, my notes say it is a high boron glaze so if you understand that you will know which colors work well with it.  (and not waste time like i did trying things that just would not work)

 

MIKE'S CLEAR  cone 6

 

gerstley borate                      60

ball clay                                 20

silica/flint                                20

 

that is it.   i use a white ball clay just because i have it.  do not know if you can get gerstley borate, know lots of substitutes have been used over the years but my supply of gerstley is still going strong.

 

hope it works on your clay and you have a good result.

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Nickel gives a good warm grey in reduction. You might try some tests with this recipe for oxidation.

 

SELSOR Semi matt ^6 Reduction

 

EPK 20.3
Dolomite 17.7

Neph. Syen. 33.6

Silica 15.9

Whiting 3.5

 Ger, Borate 9

 

100

Blue/lavender 1% cobalt Carb

Light green 1.5% Nickel Carb 1.5% Rutile

Lt. Blue gray .5% cobalt carb. 2.5% rutile

 

gray 2.5 rutile +2.5 nickel carb.
 

why did I have to change this to a word .doc before I could post this?

Marcia

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