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Leila Lowfire

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Leila Lowfire

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Hi! I do ceramics myself and i've hit a roadblock in progress, i like making figures but i am struggling with glazing, may i ask the process in how you make your colors so vibrant? All the underglaze i see and find is very very dull, and my transparent glaze leaves a white frost on my figures

I use a variety of different underglazes from Mayco, Amaco and Coyote (my personal favorite) and Amaco's Mixing Clear from their Celadon line as my topcoat. Underglazes on their own will be duller and very matte without a clear glaze on top, but I too have had trouble with my transparent glazes (still happens now even!) and there are a lot of different things that could be causing your transparent gaze to look milky:

The glaze itself could be too thick, causing it to apply too thickly.

You may be applying it too heavily (a long dip if dipping, too many coats if brushing). Personally I apply transparent glaze VERY lightly over my underglazed pieces and it will get milky if I'm not careful.

Make sure you're using a zinc-free clear. I really like Amaco's Mixing Clear, but you may want to shop around and try a few before finding one that works for you.

Make sure your kiln is hitting the correct temperature for the clear glaze. All the glazes I use are for cone 5-6, but for a while my kiln was under firing significantly and I'm pretty sure it worsened some of the milkiness problems I was having with my transparent glazes.

And sometimes different clay bodies will make glazes behave differently, but with clear glaze the culprit is almost always thickness!

Speaking of firing temperatures: the products I use and recommend are all for mid fire. I can't speak to any high fire products since I don't do high fire. But if you're doing low fire I believe you can use a lot of the underglazes I listed here, you'll just need to find a low fire transparent coat. For low fire there are also products like Stroke and Coat which function like a mixture between a glaze and an underglaze that may get you the effect you're looking for.

Best of luck! Ceramics is complicated, haha.

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