synj00 24 Report post Posted September 15, 2015 Hey everybody, been doing some testing and went through my first gas firing. (click my sig link if you are interested in the firing) I thought it was a disaster but others tell me not so much. Expectations will absolutely RUIN your happiness. Anyways, I have 2 glazes that I really kinda dig. The first glaze is a leach white which is nice and I'm still doing some tuning on that. Below is an example of the leach 4-3-2-1 glaze that went through the gas firing with too much reduction and made it to cone 9. I put a sprinkling of FE203 Red Iron Oxide and a sprinkling of Rutile as well just to see what each would do. The second glaze is what I'm curious about. It's Malloy Clear. Its not really clear, its opacity is created by billions of bubbles trapped in the glaze which is actually quite cool. It gives it a warmer color and I'm quite smitten. Being that there are bubbles in this, and they do not affect the surface of the piece would these be in any way compromised in strength / durabiltiy / foodsafenes etc? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joseph Fireborn 1,286 Report post Posted September 16, 2015 To me the clear looks very beautiful with the bubbles, I don't know about issues with it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffmayfield 0 Report post Posted September 25, 2015 As long as you don't have excessive craters and it don't leak it should be safe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Callie Beller Diesel 1,710 Report post Posted September 25, 2015 Throw it in the dishwasher for a month and see how it holds up. Bonus points if you have a friend with a restaraunt or coffee shop that is willing to run it through their dishwasher for a month. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
