Morgan

Just an update and I do not wanna jinx anything but I did about 50 more mugs wedging each ball individually per @Min’s suggestion and another chunk wedging larger amounts but then doing my normal elongating wedged clay to wire off smaller balls. I then truly spent an insane amount of time compressing bottoms. No visible cracks on any of the individual wedged ones and a handful on the ones using my normal method but with intense amounts of compressing. Looks like this is just going to be part of the process with frost. Thanks for all the suggestions and hope that is the end of that.
I do want to add some compliments to frost as well. It is hands down the best looking glazed porcelain I have ever seen. I also love how even when fairly wet it holds it shape very well for handling. This is especially important for me as I do all attachments much sooner than leather hard so I never have to really worry about joint cracks. So I may have to spend more time on the wheel but handles etc are much more efficient for me now.
off to do some glaze fit adjustments now…

We have found frost to be a bit picky so we teach what we consider effective compression or for bottoms of cups / mugs …….. some pattern of ribbing from the outside perimeter to the very center as in the video. Folks simply pushing down hard definitely stand a chance of the clay growing outward or less compressed on the whole. For Frost though, I spend a lot more time on handle joins after having knocked several off after a bisque run just to see how well they were attached. If when fractured, the parent material broke off with the join, I considered that well made. If the join simply broke at the slipped connection, then I considered it an ok but weaker than the parent material join and for Frost subject to hairline cracks. (Sort of a welders view of good and average joins)
For frost I definitely make sure to compress as properly as practical and for handle joins - compress and often infill to be sure it’s all similar strength and density.  Overall, I rarely use a sponge or overwork even greenware with a rib and sponge while trimming as well as burnish things perfectly. I find overworking can lead to delaminating and really strange surface cracks (maybe more like you describe) presumably due to local shrinkage and density differences of areas I overworked.
Having said all that I think it has made me better. I still like frost, and the extra attention really does not seem to slow me down a bunch.

As insane as it sounds the difference in bulk freight on a a pallet from the west cost vs tons of 50lb flat rate boxes is not that substantially different price wise. I have gone back and forth debating on getting 2 tons of frost at a time freight from laguna and honestly it is not even that big of a difference. I still may do it (made another thread about Frost) It is slightly cheaper, but not as much as you may think. It is still costly no matter how ya slice it and part of what makes being a potter out here hard, but it is what it is. That said, I have the luxury of endless tourists, fantastic artisan/farmers markets daily and a clientele that do not even bother looking at price tags as well, so there's that.

As insane as it sounds the difference in bulk freight on a a pallet from the west cost vs tons of 50lb flat rate boxes is not that substantially different price wise. I have gone back and forth debating on getting 2 tons of frost at a time freight from laguna and honestly it is not even that big of a difference. I still may do it (made another thread about Frost) It is slightly cheaper, but not as much as you may think. It is still costly no matter how ya slice it and part of what makes being a potter out here hard, but it is what it is. That said, I have the luxury of endless tourists, fantastic artisan/farmers markets daily and a clientele that do not even bother looking at price tags as well, so there's that.

As insane as it sounds the difference in bulk freight on a a pallet from the west cost vs tons of 50lb flat rate boxes is not that substantially different price wise. I have gone back and forth debating on getting 2 tons of frost at a time freight from laguna and honestly it is not even that big of a difference. I still may do it (made another thread about Frost) It is slightly cheaper, but not as much as you may think. It is still costly no matter how ya slice it and part of what makes being a potter out here hard, but it is what it is. That said, I have the luxury of endless tourists, fantastic artisan/farmers markets daily and a clientele that do not even bother looking at price tags as well, so there's that.

Oh totally, I report all transactions properly and I didn’t mean to imply it any other way…in fact people are somewhat surprised when they want to pay Venmo and I charge them tax on top and I explain why. I guess I should clarify why I made the topic.
One, to point out how many people I see doing this and that Venmo/PayPal are not stupid and they have adjusted themselves properly and will now send anything over $600 to the IRS (or something small). This is also why they push for you to use their business version to collect transaction fees. Secondly, I guess it was just to see if others see this behavior to the extent I do? All these people are going to have a very rude awakening come tax time or later the way that they use apps like Venmo, so more of a PSA I suppose. And lastly just curious as to all the other payment methods folks use in general. 

Because banking in Canada is different enough, I had to look up what exactly the differences between Venmo and any other card service is in the US. (We don’t have Venmo because we do that through our banks instantly, for free, without the middle man, and the encryption legally has to favour the account holder.)
Anyways. It looks like the appeal for Venmo is that customers can use their own cash without having to pay an extra fee, or potentially incur credit card interest. There does not appear to be much of a benefit as a business, because you still have to pay fees to accept payments, and it takes a couple of days to transfer the money to you, just like a credit card. 
So the question then is, will you loose sales at this venue if you don’t offer that payment option? If everyone’s carrying cash anyways and it doesn’t make a difference, it looks like more of a hinderance than a help from my angle. But, if it makes a difference to your sales, you might want to have a look at it. 
If taxes and recording transactions are at issue, you can still use your Square as a till system and enter the venmo transactions as cash. That way you can do things like send receipts, and have the app do your calculations and have a record of the sales tax you have to set aside for remittance. It just helps to have everything in one place.

My thinking was if you could demonstrate you got a bad batch then it might be worth trying again. Adding silica to the body could very well decrease or stop the glazes from crazing. If you showed Laguna this then they should replace your clay.
Mark brought up a good option with Tacoma Art Center or Seattle Pottery Supply, they both have their own version of a NZ porcelain. I've used the one from Tacoma, it's a nice claybody to work with and very white. Haven't tried the one from SPS.

I agree with everything you said and totally expected not all glazes to fit with a new clay body. Not that it is a barometer for anything but I have tried all these glazes with a dozen other porcelains (with similar COE) and other clay bodies with zero issues. Again, I know that does not mean much for Frost, but it just seems strange. That said, I find it pretty unusual that every single glaze (15!) did not play well with Frost. Especially given the glazes I tested which, are all for the most part, very much in a good range and known for their stability.  I feel like I would have heard or seen more people discussing Frost glaze fit issues, but maybe I have not been paying attention. Lastly, a lot of these glazes have years of pictures and reports on Frost with no issues for others poking around Glazy etc (Opal for example).

Anyway, I appreciate the comments, and agree, just still find it odd. Not a big deal, I will stick with works, but I would love to hear from folks that actually use Frost too to see if they are having/had such issues with such a broad spectrum of glazes that seemingly work fine for most people using the same clay body.

I appreciate the thoughtful and detailed response!

I agree with everything you said and totally expected not all glazes to fit with a new clay body. Not that it is a barometer for anything but I have tried all these glazes with a dozen other porcelains (with similar COE) and other clay bodies with zero issues. Again, I know that does not mean much for Frost, but it just seems strange. That said, I find it pretty unusual that every single glaze (15!) did not play well with Frost. Especially given the glazes I tested which, are all for the most part, very much in a good range and known for their stability.  I feel like I would have heard or seen more people discussing Frost glaze fit issues, but maybe I have not been paying attention. Lastly, a lot of these glazes have years of pictures and reports on Frost with no issues for others poking around Glazy etc (Opal for example).

Anyway, I appreciate the comments, and agree, just still find it odd. Not a big deal, I will stick with works, but I would love to hear from folks that actually use Frost too to see if they are having/had such issues with such a broad spectrum of glazes that seemingly work fine for most people using the same clay body.

I appreciate the thoughtful and detailed response!

Crazing has very little to do with your cool down rate. If you slow your cool and it appears to get rid of a crazing problem, you’ve likely only caused a crazing delay. A shock test will still bring it out. Crazing is caused by COE values that differ too greatly between clay and glaze. If this is your first test of using Frost instead of the Standard 365 clay and all your usual glazes have crazed, that just means the 2 clays have different COE’s. That’s not unusual at all. 
If you want to keep using the same glazes, you’ll have to adjust them all to compensate. If the crazing is slow to emerge and the crack pattern is a larger one rather than a covering of fine lines, chances are the glazes won’t need a lot of adjusting. That which bodes well for keeping the character of the glazes intact. It’ll be a little bit of work with a test sieve to hone in 10 glazes, but it’s doable. 
If you’re going to use glaze software to help narrow the project down, some notes about comparing COE values:
1) Using calculated COE values won’t eliminate physical testing, but it’ll cut down the work and materials used. 
2) COE values aren’t absolute numbers. They’re only a snapshot of a measurement taken under a very specific set of circumstances. If you change the circumstances, you get a different value. They’re good if you’re adjusting a glaze without adding or removing any ingredients, only changing quantities. Also worth noting that because of this, different glaze softwares use slightly different COE values in their source tables. If you’re looking at a clay manufacturer’s suggested COE range for glazes, make sure you’re using the same software they are. Many manufacturers have stopped offering these suggestions though, because they tend to cause more confusion than they help with.
3) You don’t want to match coe values of your glazes to your clay. That results in more glaze flaws. Knowing that you need to move your existing glaze COE values higher or lower is the important bit here. 
 

Frankly I would not waste any money on a 3rd party for simply setting up an LLC, which is super simple (not sure why some above says its difficult, but maybe it is in some states?). Your county/state should have some form of a small business site/portal where you can do it online in a matter of minutes.

I will check when I get home...pretty sure it is a local Hawaii company though.

I love frost when it turns out but it’s finicky is not worth the effort imo…it is hard to match but I found standard 365 to be better in almost every regard. I can throw it paper thin if needed, it’s super white translucent etc. months ago I tested every porcelain I could pretty much get my hands on and 365 won for me as it checked every box.

I love frost when it turns out but it’s finicky is not worth the effort imo…it is hard to match but I found standard 365 to be better in almost every regard. I can throw it paper thin if needed, it’s super white translucent etc. months ago I tested every porcelain I could pretty much get my hands on and 365 won for me as it checked every box.