Arbuckle glaze test info
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All tests on Resolute Terracotta, fired to cone 03 sitter on ware bisqued to 05 sitter. Glaze brushed on. Fritted glazes apply fairly thinly. The thin side looked very thin, but did melt into a glaze surface.
1. Semi-gloss clear thin, frosty medium to thick, slight crazes thick
33% Arbuckle Surprise/66% Heather's Satin
2. Waxy, does not craze, frosty med-thick
Satin- Heather's Recalc
3. Waxy. Small crazes med-thick. Slightly frosty thick.
Arbuckle New from Limits
3269
3195
EPK
silica
dolomite
wollastonite
Custer spar
+bentonite
29.6
5.9
12.5
12.2
6.2
5.3
1.8
dolomite
whiting
EPK
silica
Custer
+ bentonite
16.4
8.4
15
12.7
3.3
1
lithium carb
talc
wollastonite
strontium carb
EPK
+ bentonite
1.8
6.2
11.7
7.2
8
1.6
4. Glossy transparent amber. Crazes thick. Moderate flow if thick. May bubble if thick. Amber Assault
5. Glossy, A few big crazes where thick. Does not flow. Slight honey tint.
Arbuckle Surprise #3 w/Redart
6. Glossy, does not craze. Does not flow.
Arbuckle Surprise #3 w/EPK
Wollastonite
Strontium carb
EPK
Kona F-4 feldspar
+ burnt umber
60
2
3
21
14
4
3269
3195
Redart
dolomite
whiting
silica
+ bentonite
21.7
26.1
6.5
4.8
0.4
1.5
3195
EPK
dolomite
whiting
silica
+ bentonite
21.7
26.1
6.5
4.8
0.5
1.5