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Additives for Ceramic Glazes
Materials that are added to glazes to impart physical working properties and usually burn away during firing. In industry all glazes, inks and engobes have additives, they are considered essential to control of cohesion, adhesion, suspension, dry hardness, surface leveling, rheology, speed-of-drying, etc. Among potters, it is common for glazes to have zero additives.
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Ammonium Hydroxide
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CMC Gum
CMC gum is indispensable for many types of ceramic glazes. It is a glue and is mainly used to slow drying and improve adhesion and dry hardness. |
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Colloid 211
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Epsom Salts
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Ethylamine
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Gum Arabic
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Methocel
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Sodium Hydroxide
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Sodium Oxalate
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Sodium Phosphate
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Sodium Polyacrylate
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Veegum
A clay of incredibly small particle size. It has the highest plasticity of any known clay and acts as a suspending and gelling agent in slurries. |
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Acti-Gel 208
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Peptapon
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Constrabind NS-1001 V i
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Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
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Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate Hydrated
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Sodium Hexametaphosphate
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Garamite
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Claytone
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Calcium Chloride
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Copper Sulfate
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Mormate
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Rhodopol
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Optapix
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Methylcellulose
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Xantham Gum
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Mineral Colloid BP
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Vanzan
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Sodium Silicate
A sticky, viscous liquid. The most common deflocculant used in ceramics. Also used as a bonding agent. |
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Bentonite
Bentonite can make a clay body instantly plastic, only 2-3% can have a big effect. It also suspends slurries so they don't settle out and slows down drying. |
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Ceramic Binder
Binders are glues that harden ceramic powders as they dry. They enable improved surface adherence. And slower drying. |
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Ceramic Glaze
Ceramic glazes are glasses that have been adjusted to work on and with the clay body they are applied to. |
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