Marge Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Hi there! I made a cone 6 Butterscotch Yellow Glaze. It is too bright of a yellow, I'd like to make it a little "softer". I will include the recipe... I'm used to mixing/measuring the dry ingredients and adding water. How would I add a certain percentage of a chemical to my wet glaze? Would I weigh a certain amt of the wet glaze and add a percentage of dry? Thanks a bunch! I have a few gallons of it. --Margie-- Frit 3134 20 Dolomite 20 Spodumene 20 Ball Clay 20 Silica 20 Titanium Dioxide 10 Rutile 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Try test batches where you step the rutile down and/or the titanium. I'd also try subbing some zircopax or tin for some of the titanium if I were trying to fine tune the color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marge Posted October 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Is there anything I can try to add to my existing glaze? I hate to get rid of the glaze that I have. (anything would be better than the bright color that it is now) Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Take out some for test batches, add some RIO to one and some zircopax to another and check to see if either darkening it a little or lightening it up a little makes it look any better. There's no magic bullet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 I guess it depends on how you're defining 'too yellow'. Is it too yellow in that it's too saturated, or that the hue is too yellow? If it's too saturated, then diluting it with more base glaze would help. If the hue is too yellow, and you'd like it to be earthier, then adding some iron may do the trick, 1-2% for starters. If it's both too saturated and not earthy enough, then you'll need to do both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marge Posted October 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 It’s definitely the hue that is too yellow for me. I’m going to add some RIO to it... 1-2%. Do I take 100g of wet glaze and add 1-2 g of dry iron for my test tile. I assume wet doesn’t calculate exactly to dry like that... or should I add water to the iron then weigh that first? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 35 minutes ago, Marge said: It’s definitely the hue that is too yellow for me. I’m going to add some RIO to it... 1-2%. Do I take 100g of wet glaze and add 1-2 g of dry iron for my test tile. I assume wet doesn’t calculate exactly to dry like that... or should I add water to the iron then weigh that first? Thanks!! It's hard to know exactly how much dry material is in the wet mix. I would take 200g of wet glaze and add 2g iron as a starting point. Dip a tile then, add another 2g and dip a tile. Add another 2g and dip a tile. You should find something in the useable range among those 3 tiles. Then you can do another round of testing to dial it in. Once you figure out the correct iron to wet glaze ratio you can math it out for the whole bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Weigh 100 ml of glaze, anything over 100g is the powder theoretically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Banks Posted October 17, 2018 Report Share Posted October 17, 2018 Try a line blend with a clear or tenmoku or what-have-you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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