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Available at Walmart, Amazon, Michaels and others. It is water-based and non-toxic. There are many kinds, one is "dishwasher safe" and another is for outdoor use. It dries to a hard finish. This makes it potentially useful to seal porous ceramic such as terra cotta and dolomite or talc white-burning bodies, even functional ware.
This is a common sealer available at a hardware store. I have dipped the terra cotta tile and it has dried. The surface of the dipped portion is smoother. It also has a slight sheen and better red color. This sealer even makes it possible to use a porous clay body for outdoors, terra cotta bricks have long be protected against freeze-thaw spalling using products like this.
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https://modpodgerocksblog.com/what-is-mod-podge/
ModPodge clay sealer A glue, sealer and finish. Different formulas are available for natural, matte, glossy finishes. Use this, as an alternative to silicone, to seal porous clays (e.g. terra cotta) against water absorption. Available at Walmart, Amazon, Michaels, etc. |
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Clay sealers
Many ceramics are either porous by nature or by necessity. For example, stonewares need to be non-vitreous enough that they do not warp or blister on firing. Red earthenwares must be porous in order to have the red color (they go brown when fired higher). White talc or dolomite low-fire clay bodies always have high porosity. Bricks must have minimal firing shrinkage, which guarantees substantial porosity. Even porcelains can blister and it is common to cut back on feldspar to give them more margin for overfiring - that brings porosity. If water penetration must be prevented all of these need to be sealed, these are some of the methods. |
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