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Glaze issue after lustre firing


Fizzdog

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Hoping someone can help. After a 740 lustre firing a few pots have come out with the top 1/3  having a crystal texture all over, almost like rough sandpaper.  This is inside and outside. We use a low sol glaze. It doesn't happen on every firing, just seems random. The lustre (which is just in a few places) has worked perfectly however. Any ideas?

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Just now, Fizzdog said:

Hoping someone can help. After a 740 lustre firing a few pots have come out with the top 1/3  having a crystal texture all over, almost like rough sandpaper.  This is inside and outside. We use a low sol glaze. It doesn't happen on every firing, just seems random. The lustre (which is just in a few places) has worked perfectly however. Any ideas?

Some glazes just aren't compatible with lustres or lustre firing.  I have one that is normally a blue green but goes completely matte in a lustre firing due to zinc and titanium crystallization

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8 hours ago, liambesaw said:

Some glazes just aren't compatible with lustres or lustre firing.  I have one that is normally a blue green but goes completely matte in a lustre firing due to zinc and titanium crystallization

Ah, that's interesting. All 3 pots had titanium on them, as an underglaze colour.  Would that have an affect?

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