sherry bennett Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Help new potter here trying to make glaze ? recipe calls for / ingredients : Silica 30.% Minspar38% Whiting 14% Zinc Oxide12% 0m-4Ball clay6% what am I looking for when thay ask for Silica is there a nother word for Silica what do I use? can you help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Silica is often called flint. Either way, it's pure silica, mined from quartz rock. For glazes most people like to use 325 mesh rather than 200 mesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted November 9, 2019 Report Share Posted November 9, 2019 Silica is also called quartz or Flint, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherry bennett Posted November 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Thank you so much . for all of your help Sherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 sherry, if you are very new to making glazes, you might not know that silica, call it whatever you like, is dangerous to your lungs. please read all you can on the safest way to use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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