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Zero3 High Expansion Variant

Code: G2931H
Modification Date: 2017-09-17 22:01:53

Notes

This is a high-expansion version of the Zero3 Clear glaze (code G2931K), originally developed from the Worthington Clear Gerstley Borate based recipe. While G2931K fits the vitreous Zero3 porcelain and stoneware and also non-vitreous low-talc bodies (like Plainsman L212, L215), it shivers on high-talc bodies (e.g. Plainsman L213). That means that this G2931K variant is the most similar to commercial low fire glazes (which are designed to fit high-talc bodies).

This version increases the thermal expansion of Zero3 K glaze from 7.4 to 8.0 (by adding increasing KNaO at the expense of MgO, ZnO).

Do not try to use this with too little water. Mix it to 1.43 specific gravity and add vinegar or Epsom salts to gel it so that it stops moving (after vigorous stirring) in 2 or 3 seconds. When mixed right it applies very well to low or high porosity bisque (in a very thin layer if needed), it does not drip or move.

The soak:soak:slowdrop firing schedule is critical to a defect-free surface.

Three low fire bodies need three different clear glazes. Why?

Glaze fit. The left-most mug is Plainsman Buffstone, it contains no talc and fires buff colored. The centre one is L212 (about 25% talc). The right one is L213 (about 45% talc, it fires very white). Talc raises thermal expansion. The centre glaze is G2931K, it is middle-of-the-road thermal expansion (Insight-live reports it as 7.4) and fits the low-talc L215 and Zero3 porcelain and stoneware. But it crazes on Buffstone and shivers on L213 and L212. So I adjusted it to reduce its expansion (to work on zero-talc porous bodies) and raise it (to work on high talc bodies like L213). How? By decreasing and increasing the KNaO (in relation to other fluxes). These three can be blended to fit any low fire body.

Out Bound Links

• (URLs) Plainsman Zero3 Glaze and Firing Schedule

  https://insight-live.com/insight/share.php?z=C1R5L...

• (Recipes - Related) G2931L - Low Expansion Low-Fire Clear

  A cone 04-02 clear glaze developed from Worthington Clear. The latter was based on Gerstley Borate, this one employs Ulexite as the melter an is easier to use.

  - 2015-10-19
• (URLs) Plainsman Zero3 red body, engobe, glaze and firing schedule

  http://insight-live.com/insight/recipes.php?rzs=xT...

• (URLs) Ceramic Arts Daily 15 Low Fire Glazes

  https://ceramicartsdaily.org/wp-content/uploads/20...

• (Recipes - Related) G2931K - Low Fire Fritted Zero3 Transparent Glaze

  A cone 04-02 clear glaze developed from Zero3 which in turn was developed from Worthington Clear. This employs frit instead of Ulexite.

  - 2016-10-26

In Bound Links

• (Recipes - Related) L3924C - Zero3 Porcelain Experimental - 2016-10-27

By Tony Hansen