Chris Campbell Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 Can someone recommend a commercial lichen glaze that is not colored please? The closer to clear the better but a frost/ slightly white would work too. I usually have some of Lana Wilson's fabulous lichen around ... but not right now ... and I only need to glaze a few items so do not want to make up a whole recipe. I am trying to be lazy again but it likely won't work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted October 28, 2013 Report Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm sure you realize that in the time it took to post, you could have mixed up a batch. Well, it is Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Campbell Posted October 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 You are so right ... What I really want is the right glaze, not a close enough one. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkolator Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I've never seen a lichen/crawl glaze that is clear/transparent/not-so-white - all the ones i've seen are fairly opaque white as the base glaze. if you find one, please share the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I think you're right. Probably because the crawling is caused by 30% or more of Magnesium Carbonate as the flux. I think that may cause the opacity. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I wanted to see what Minspar by itself melted like at ^6. The attached pic is of 1 tsp piled up in a bisqued bowl. In the center where the Minspar was thickest its a melted blob with cracks but at the edges where it thinned out its almost like pearls, very well attached to the pot. The colour is much more frosty / clear than the magnesium carb fluxed crawls/lichens that I've used. I haven't had time to play around with this but I think it has possibilities. Min Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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