[gary_varner]

I recently spent three days creating a large tile and two more applying glaze and wound up with a disaster. For a large portion of it I used Coyote Cone 6 Leopard Shino which should produce a nice golden rust color. It was fired at cone 5 (which the instructions say is permissable) and came out an ugly muddy brown. I have no oidea what happened. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary

[Lucille Oka]

gary_varner, on 14 April 2012 - 05:55 PM, said:

I recently spent three days creating a large tile and two more applying glaze and wound up with a disaster. For a large portion of it I used Coyote Cone 6 Leopard Shino which should produce a nice golden rust color. It was fired at cone 5 (which the instructions say is permissable) and came out an ugly muddy brown. I have no oidea what happened. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Gary

Did you test the glaze before you fired your tiles?

[bciskepottery]

I am inclined towards thinking the glaze application was too thin. Have used some of the Coyote shinos before and a thick application (applied by brush, two to three coats, allowing a coat to dry in-between) tended to provide better results.

[Matt Oz]

It also sounds to me like it could be to thin, those glazes are darker where thin, and lighter where thick, which can be used to your advantage.

[gary_varner]

Thanks. I used two coats with drying between but perhaps they were still too thin. Trial and error I guess.

[Chris Campbell]

Try re glazing them ... Another coat and a re fire might do the trick ... just warm the tiles up in a 200 degree oven and glaze.

[gary_varner]

Chris Campbell, on 15 April 2012 - 04:15 PM, said:

Try re glazing them ... Another coat and a re fire might do the trick ... just warm the tiles up in a 200 degree oven and glaze.

Thanks! I wasn't sure if that would work or not but sure would be worth a try!