Abbots Charcoal Matte Dry Powder Glaze - RUFFSHUFFLER

Abbots Charcoal Midfire Glaze is a matte, reactive, foodsafe (in Abbot’s opinion) glaze. Use thin. With Charcoal Midfire Glaze, aim for around 1.6kg to 1.7kg weight per litre or a creamy but not runny consistency. All glazes will differ slightly in the amount of water needed. Mixing Abbots Mid-fire Glazes Most potters will mix the glazes to suit the application style and thickness required. Most of the Abbots glazes give best results when thick. Ash glazes will give best results when thin. Some glazes such as the Iron glazes and Sea Urchin are quite fluid and application thickness should be controlled to avoid messy runs! In general, you should expect to mix 1.0-1.25 litres of water to 1Kg of glaze. Pass through an 80mesh sieve once or twice. Most Abbots glazes are very well suspended. If you wish to enhance the suspension qualities you can do this by cautious incremental additions of calcium chloride, epsom salts or plaster of Paris before sieving. Firing Abbots Mid-fire Glazes ...