Discus Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Hi, Anyone have any ideas as to how i can turn my white shiny glaze and white matt glaze ,both stoneware, into something more subdued and off white please? ( not so keen on magnolia ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Are these commercial glazes or ones you have mixed? If they are commercial glazes are they brushing or dipping glazes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discus Posted May 31 Author Report Share Posted May 31 Hi Min ...these are ones I have mixed from online recipes...glazy .org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick White Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 5 minutes ago, Discus said: Hi Min ...these are ones I have mixed from online recipes...glazy .org Can you share them with us. There may be several different things you can do, depending on what's already in the recipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discus Posted May 31 Author Report Share Posted May 31 Hah no...sorry , embarrassing!, (on double checking) the ones I specifically need to change are actually premixed powdered dipping glazes...are there simple additives , as per colouring up base glazes, I can use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 Dealing with commercial glazes makes things a bit tricky, because we don’t know what’s in them, or the exact mechanism they’re using to create a matte, but it’s not impossible. If your supplier has a matte and a gloss glaze that both come in dry mix, you could try combining them in different proportions to get the finish you want. Start with 80% matte and 20% gloss, +/- 5 and 10% either side. As far as making it more off white, you could try adding small percentages of rutile to warm it up a little. When adjusting white glazes, make sure to use larger test tiles than you normally would. A small square of white glaze will look much like any others, but when you apply them on even a 250g cup you’ll start to see the subtleties. Things like how much, or even if it breaks and pools, what colour does it break, are there any glaze flaws evident, how much does thickness of application matter, etc. Roberta12 and Pres 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Min Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 5 hours ago, Discus said: ...are there simple additives , as per colouring up base glazes, I can use ? Have a look at these ones from Glazy where the colourant is rutile. Is this the general sort of colour you are looking for? https://glazy.org/search?keywords=rutile&base_type=460&type=480&cone=30&analysisName=xUmfAnalysis&photo=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discus Posted May 31 Author Report Share Posted May 31 Ok guys ...that gives me some good pointers to work with and i think the rutile looks like it should do the trick to damp down the brightness...many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly in AK Posted June 1 Report Share Posted June 1 It’s helpful they’re powders. Rutile was my first thought as well, it makes a really nice off-white. Be sure to test small amounts, thoroughly, before going all in. Rutile has a nasty reputation for producing pinholes in some glazes. Babs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discus Posted June 2 Author Report Share Posted June 2 Thanks Kelly...all such info is very welcome...the fewer the mistakes the better....will proceed with caution Kelly in AK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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