Diandtrack83 Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I have been using Wengers Frosted green glaze for my work but am now unable to source. Can anyone help me to find a modern replacement or guide me to a company who can help me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kielb Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 Have you looked comparatively at some of the commercial glaze producers? Amaco, Mayco, Duncan and others ...... as well as recipes at www.Glazy.org. The other thought is post a representative picture or two here and someone might have a recipe with a similar look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Diandtrack83 said: I have been using Wengers Frosted green glaze for my work but am now unable to source. Can anyone help me to find a modern replacement or guide me to a company who can help me. This was a commercially available glaze? Do you have a picture of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Only wenger I could find was albert wenger who had a pottery/ceramic supply in the late 1800s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hulk Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Wenger, hmm, izzat a bell ringing? ...there have been questions on Wenger wheels, or wheel heads in recent past, methinks. "Wenger's Ceramic Colour and Chemical... The company ...ceased trading in 1984. Wenger's manufactured a range of colours, glazes and enamels for the ceramic. glass and metal industries." from: https://potteries.staffspasttrack.org.uk/Details.aspx?&ResourceID=35910&SearchType=3 Any road, commercially produced glazes circa 1984 may include ingredients that are frowned upon (or worse) these days; suggest that you look for a stable, safe, and durable replacement ("modern replacement" ah, you said that a'ready). Potterycrafts may have absorbed Wenger's, perhaps give them a try. I'd be more inclined to start with a recipe from a reliable source and mix up me own, perhaps Frog Pond Green Matte, see John Hesselberth's Frog Pond Pottery website and/or his book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liambesaw Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 @Hulklead is still widely used in UK and Europe as a flux. Generally in the form of lead bisilicate which is a 2:1 lead to silica stochiometric mix. Very stable but of course can be abused into leeching just like any other flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamGalaxy Posted March 3, 2021 Report Share Posted March 3, 2021 I have twenty or thirty little packets of Wenger's enamel glaze, left over from buying what turned out be a burned-out widow's wheel. The one on my desk in front of me is dated 10th December 1957 and on the back she has written 'Ciris? Brown'. Does anyone know how these colours are used? I have no issues over toxicity -I'm entirely rural and my kiln is housed in a WWII guardhouse Thanks Raoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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