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Hirsh Satin Matt Base Glaze Recipe, Cone 04-02 oxidation

By Ceramic Arts Daily, June 15, 2009 Read Comments (4)

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Hirsh Satin Matt Base Glaze Recipe	Cone 04-02 Oxidation
Glaze Material	Percentage
Gerstley Borate	32%
Lithium Carbonate	9
Whiting	17
Nepheline Syenite	4
EPK Kaolin	4
Silica (Flint)	35
Total	100%
Add:
Bentonite	2%

For Green:
Chrome Oxide	1%

For Yellow:
Yellow Stain	8%

For Light Blue
Copper Carbonate	1.5%

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4 Comments on "Hirsh Satin Matt Base Glaze Recipe, Cone 04-02 oxidation"

Raewyn Roberts October 2, 2012 at 3:21 am -

for those with some basic technical skills this looks informative http://digitalfire.com/gerstleyborate/index.html
Karen August 22, 2010 at 8:48 pm -

MC 200-K feldspar– there was an article about it as a substitute for G-200 and Gerstley Borate in Ceramics Technical Vol 15 issue 2
Judy November 28, 2009 at 1:24 pm -

Behrens Matte is similar without the Gerstley ^ 04 – 02 40 Frit 3134 25 Wollastonite 21 EPK 7 Lithium carb 5 Silica
Jennifer September 20, 2009 at 3:32 am -

Has anyone found a good GB substitute to use with this glaze recipe? Thanks