Cone 6 Glaze Recipes | Great Mid Range Pottery Glazes

Lakeside Pottery's Other Glazes (recipe not published at this time)

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Oxidation Cone 6 Glaze Recipes

1) Speckled Gold

Cone 5-6

Kona F-4 Feldspar

(Substitute: Soda Feldspar NC-4)

Cornwall Stone

Whiting

OM-4 Ball Clay

EPK Kaolin

Zinc Oxide

3600

1562

2657

933

781

467

Total

Also add:

Red Iron Oxide

Bentonite

10000

762

95

Comments: For more details

Needs lots of water for the right mix thickness. Glaze clots when dipped. Spray works better. Shows all marks if glaze is touched up. Does not move much. Matt, looks rusty – antique like.

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2) Readers Digest Red

Cone 6- 7

Gerstley Borate

Flint

NC-4 Feldspar

Talc

EPK Kaolin

3101

3001

2000

1400

500

Total

Also add: Red Iron Oxide

10002

1500

Comments: For more details

Pretty Good for Texture. Red/Orange when thick, breaks black. Satin/Shiny. Moves – keep clearance from bottom

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3) Weathered Bronze Green

Cone 5-6

Lithium Carbonate

Strontium Carbonate

Neph Sye

Ball Clay

Flint

50

1000

3000

500

450

Total

Also add:

Copper Carbonate

Titanium Oxide

5000

250

250

Comments: For more details

Need to mix really well before dipping. Weathered green when thick, breaks bronze.

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4) Zam Celadon

Cone 4-6

Neph Sy

Frit 3124

Wollastonite

EPK

Flint

Bentonite

Copper Carb

Macaloid

4560

2080

640

560

1760

200

240

60

Total

10000

Comments: For more details

Great for Texture. Darker green, translucent, does not drip crackle sometimes, does not move through firing.

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5) Turquoise

Cone 6

Neph Sy

Strontium

Flint

Ball Clay

Lithium

5600

1900

700

600

300

Total

Also add:

Copper Carb

Bentonite

Epson Salt

9100

318.5

364

91

Comments: For more details

Very bright. Very turquoise, Matt, breaks black. Moves a lot if applied too thick. Create rough antique look a like texture.

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6) Matte Black (similar to Rudy's Black)

Cone 6

Custer Feldspar

Edgar Plastic Kaolin

Whiting

Zinc Oxide

Red Iron Oxide

Silica

Cobalt Oxide

45.6

18.4

16.6

7.4

6.2

4.6

1.2

Total

100

Comments: For more details

Matt. Blue / grey effect if used over white (e.g., eggshell 611)

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7) Speckled Green

Cone 6

Soda Feldspar (Kona F-4 or NC-4)

Cornwall Stone

Whiting

OM-4 Ball Clay

ERK

Zinc Oxide

3600

1562

2657

933

781

467

Total

Also add:

Copper Carbonate

Bentonite

10000

200

95

Comments: For more details

Matt. Works better when sprayed

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8) Hanna’s Fake Ash **

Cone 6-10

Strontium Carb

Whiting

Redart

Red Iron Oxide

Yellow Iron Oxide

Bentonite

400

1200

2400

140

120

40

Total

4300

Comments: For more details

Matt, mottled dripping effect. Spray only

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9) Hanna’s Blue Ash **

Cone 6-10

Strontium Carb

Whiting

Redart

Bentonite

400

1200

2400

40

Total

Also add:

Cobalt Oxide

4020

52

Comments: For more details

Matt, mottled dripping effect. Spray only

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10) Pier Black **

Cone 6-10

Custer Feldspar

6 Tile Kaolin

Dolomite

Whiting

Borax

Iron Chromate

Cobalt Carb

Bentonite

2400

1200

1200

240

275

335

335

100

Total

5845

Comments: For more details

Spray only

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11) Strontium Crystal Magic (SCM) **

Cone 6-10

Custer Feldspar

Whiting

Strontium Carb

6 Tile Kaolin

3124 frit

Lithium Carb.

Titanium Dioxide

Bentonite

2400

900

660

780

240

240

720

120

Total

6030

Comments: For more details

Ugly by itself but is great with Water Color Green, Spotted Black, 2-D Blue or Ashe glazes over it. Spray only. Blisters if too thick

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12) Water Color Green **

Cone 6-10

Custer Feldspar

Flint

Lithium Carb.

3124 Frit

Whiting

Strontium Carb.

Copper Carb.

Bentonite

1440

510

120

150

480

225

240

90

Total

3225

Comments: For more details

VERY fluid and runs A LOT. Use very thinly over SCM and creates crystals (reduction only). Spray only. Picture on right is Water color green over SCM

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13) Spotted Black **

Cone 6-10

Custer Feldspar

Whiting

Flint

Yellow Iron Oxide

Bentonite

661

51

119

170

30

Total

1031

Comments: For more details

Too much iron to use by itself. Looks great over SCM or Eggshell. Apply very thin layer. Spray only

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14) 2-D Blue **

Cone 6-10

Dolomite

Whiting

Custer Feldspar

OM4 Ball Clay

Cobalt Carb.

Rutile

Bentonite

684

120

1455

750

15

120

60

Total

3204

Comments: For more details

Matte light blue, Translucent blue, does not drip. Over SCM makes crystals

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15) Cornell Iron Saturate **

Cone 6

Custer Feldspar

Flint

Whiting

Yellow Iron Oxide

Bentonite

2150

1450

700

700

100

Total

5100

Comments:

Use only as a second glaze for effect over a light glaze (egg shell, white SCM)

16) Peggy's Blue

Cone 6

Zinc Oxide

Grestly Borate

Srontium Carbonate

Talc

Custer Feldspar

Flint

Ball Clay (OM-4)

770

1630

480

600

3581

2090

850

Total

Also add (%):

Bentonite

Cobalt Carbonate

10,001

2

2

Comments: For more details

Stable light blue with tiny white spots

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17) Clear Blue

Cone 6

Ferro Frit 3134

Silica

EPK Kaolin

Wollastonite

Talc

CMC Gum

Cobalt Carbonate

Rutile

2751

1883

3249

1298

576

49

163

33

Total

10000

Comments: For more details

Great for Texture. Translucent blue, does not drip

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18) Antique White

Cone 6

Receipe on file - not available to public at this time.

Total

Comments: For more details

Great for Texture.

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19) Olive Green Celadon

Cone 6

Custer Feldspar

Gerstley Borate

Nepheline Syenite

Flint

Wollastonite

Dolomite

EPK Kaolin

Red Iron Oxide

Titanium Dioxide

Cobalt Carbonate

Copper Carbonate

2000

2000

2000

1500

1000

200

500

200

100

50

300

Total

9850

Comments: For more details

Great for Texture Can be applied thick or thing for different see through. Glaze stable, does not move. If applied thicker, it become bluish. See picture on right.

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** Glazes designed by Steven Hill for cone 10 reduction but work well with cone 6 Oxidation.

Glazes marked **** are posted and can be ordered from:

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	Glaze Name	Glaze Num	Comments For more details
25	Black	127	Does not move, need heavy application
26	Grape	362	Does not move, need heavy application
27	Midnight Blu	368	Make small qty. Does not age well when wet.
28	Celadon	503	Great for Texture. darker with second dip. Does not run. Watch for drips that may show (double thickness of glaze)
29	Burgundy	240	Does not move, need heavy application
30	Spruce Green	447	Does not move, need heavy application
31	Ultra White	114	Does not move, need heavy application
32	Sea Spray	607
33	Calico	604	Pretty Good for Texture
34	Antique Iron	600	Great base glaze. Pretty Good for Texture
35	Eggshell	611	Great base glaze. Pretty Good for Texture
36	Galaxy	617
37	Orange / Pink	623	Make small qty. Does not age well when wet.
38	Archie base
39	Lapis
40	Mottled Blue		Pretty Good for Texture.
41	Shino
42	Blue Shino		Pretty Good for Texture.
43	Golden Rod	508	Great for Texture

Using underglazes with highfire (Cone 6)

The benifts of firing underglazed pottery (mainly children's work) is that the end result is much more durable than low fired projects. We really wanted the projects to last for generations remebering how our parrents and grandparents cherished our school ceraic work. We therefore, fire all of our work and our students work to cone 6 including underglazes.

We learned that the majority of underglazes do not yield good and expected results and not all clear glazes interact favorbly with underglazes. Most underglazes and most clear glazes will cause blistering, fade or change colors. After numerous tests, we are satisfied with the results and been using those select few colors listed in the table below sucessfully. Clear Glaze: The only clear glaze that gave us consistent and satisfying results is Amaco's Sahara HF-9. The clay we use Standard's Cone 6-10 buff clay - baldwin 192.

See children's underglazed cone 6 projects.