[clay lover]

I am looking for a dependable base glaze, cone 6, that has a satin surface, nice to handle and food safe. I came across Val Cushing 71 in a book, but don't remember where I found it. Do any of you use this and do you have a good satin base that is receptive to oxides, that I might try?

I have looked up and mixed a lot of other glazes, but this is my first time to start with a base and add colorants to get what I want.

Custer spar 40
frit 3124 9
whiting 16
talc 9
epk 10
flint 16

Thanks, all.

[Marcia Selsor]

This is a nice satin gloss clear that works well with stains at ^6. Hotter and it goes glossy.
Sue Hintz Clear 6^ reworked by Ron Roy back in late 90s.


Cornwall Stone 33.5
G200 22
Whiting 18
Gerstley Borate 10
EPKaolin 5.5
Silica 11
Bentonite 2


Marcia

[jd53]

i too want to try VC 71 base, ....soon

presently i am working with john posts ( Post's calcium matte 7 )

first tests are looking good

http://www.johnpost....pes/CALMATT.TXT

http://www.johnpost....0Tiles/038.html

[clay lover]

JD, pics look good. What does it FEEL like? The little test of VC 71 I've done with no colorants is silky, makes you want to touch it, and a bit translucent, but that might be from the lacl of colorants/ Maybe?

[esh]

clay lover, on 23 April 2012 - 03:58 AM, said:

JD, pics look good. What does it FEEL like? The little test of VC 71 I've done with no colorants is silky, makes you want to touch it, and a bit translucent, but that might be from the lacl of colorants/ Maybe?

Colorants rarely affect the glaze' texture. If you like your base glaze - just start to perform some tests using different colorants / quantities. Enjoy!