How To Use Ceramic Body Stains

The numbers 5 6 7 or 8 tell whether the stain likes zinc or not.

How to use ceramic body stains.

One way to create colorful pottery is to use a glaze or colored slip on the surface. Tips for drawing on bisqueware. Adding masons stains to clay is a great way to add color without worrying about glazing. Here you can order mason color works ceramic body stains in one pound and quarter pound increments.

When introducing a ceramic stain into a glaze recipe it is best to mix powdered stain with hot water sieve through a 200 mesh screen then add to the wet raw glaze batch. This aides dispersion and reduces speckling. How to use stains. In this video i test three different mason stains of various amount.

They keep a consistently thin line without having to stop and. First the short version. But in this fun project john conrad shows how to use metallic oxides and ceramic stains to color the clay itself so the color is incorporated into the form. Then he shows a great way to turn a colored block of clay into a wheel thrown pottery bowl.

Some glazes have zinc and other will say zinc free. It includes theory types colors opacification processing particles size testing information. How to use ceramic stains on bisqueware preliminary pencil drawing on bisqueware. Getting the glaze color you want.

So match the stain to the glaze you are using. Washes made with commercial ceramic stains can be used both over and under many glazes. When used under a glaze cover with a transparent or semi transparent glaze. Once a stain has been applied or dripped onto bisqueware there is little.

The more stain you add the darker the color will be. Mason color works recommends mixing 85 stain and 15 ferro frit 3124 as a starting point but many potters us a 50 stain and 50 frit ratio with good success. Please call us 888 774 2529 to order larger quantities of these mason stains for porcelain. All of the brown colors can be used as body stains but will vary in shade.

They should be mixed to a consistency of smooth cream. Look at the numbers below each color on the mason stain page. Use a mechanical pencil.