Five Earthenware Base Recipes

Originally written 26 Sept 2016

Testing of five different Cone 04 matte or satin base recipes. All of the recipes have very similar ingredients, but different ratios.

These tests weren't ultimately successful as a week later four of them had crazed.

Retesting Julie's Satin (JMBC) and also testing a variation (JMBC revA), revised using hints from Glaze Simulator.

 A. Jackie's Matte via Priscilla Hollingsworth

38  Gerstley borate
10    Lithium carbonate
5    Nepheline syenite
5  Eckalite 2
42  Silica

5% Zircosil



B. Satin Base (from here)

65.5 Ferro frit (4124) 3124
11    Nepheline syenite
5      Eckalite
42    Silica

C. Julie's Satin (from here)

27  Gerstley borate
7    Lithium carbonate
17  Whiting
4    Nepheline syenite
11  Eckalite 2
34  Silica

 D. Hirsh's Satin Matte

32  Gerstley borate
9    Lithium carbonate
17  Whiting
4    Nepheline Syenite
4    Eckalite 2
35  Silica

2% Bentonite

 E. Julie's Matte revised to fix crazing (JM rev A)

27  Gerstley borate
6    Lithium carbonate
17  Whiting
4    Nepheline syenite
12  Eckalite 2
34  Silica