Glazing Test Tile - JS 008

Method to catalog our test tiles:

JS = John's Satin 2 (name of glaze recipe)

008 = Test tile number

Clay Body: Porcelain

Firing Temperature: Cone 6, 2165 degrees F

Firing Atmosphere: Oxidation

Firing Mode: Skutt Electric Kiln, Medium Speed*

Glaze Specific Density: 1.40

This test tile uses John Satin's 2 base recipe, with an addition of 2% Mason Stain 6032 Coral. The result is an amazing translucent pink.

Glaze Recipe

Custar Feldspar 19.8%

Silica 24.3%

Wollastonite 4.5%

Kaolin (Grolleg) 19.8%

Dolomite 9.1%

Talc 4.5%

Frit 3134 18.0%

Base Recipe 100.0%

Bentonite 2.0%

Mason Stain 6032 2.0%

I obtained really interesting results when I added rutile to this recipe.

The test tile in the middle has 4% rutile added to the recipe above, whilst the test tile on the right has 6% rutile added to the recipe above.

You start getting a variegating glaze which I love.

For cost of this glaze, UMF (Unity Molecular Formula) analysis and chart, refer to https://glazy.org/recipes/78955