Thursday, February 2, 2012

Magruder Red cone 6

Here is a really nice cone 6 Iron red. Don't have an image but trust me- it is nice!

If you get an image - send it to me and I will post it.

Magruder’s (Iron ) Red cone 6 oxidation
44.8 Kona F-4
12.3 Silica
18.2 Talc
16.1 Bone Ash
  4.3 EPK
  4.3 Lithium Carbonate

2. Bentonite
12.3 Synthetic Iron Oxide

8 comments:

Linda Starr said...

yes an image would be good, nothing better than a good red.

mud duck pottery said...

John what is synthetic iron oxide?? Is it stronger than spanish or regular RIO??

cookingwithgas said...

and what is the firing temperature.
I go to 2185 with a 15 minute soak

John Britt said...

I fired it to cone 6. Just try it.

John Britt said...
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John Britt said...

Here is a explanation of iron oxide:

http://ceramicartsdaily.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/cmtechnofileiron.pdf

jojoaruba said...

Thanks for sharing that glaze. I've used a ^6 "tomato red" glaze that I got off the ClayArt web, but it only goes really red when it fires at certain angles, otherwise it has a greenish, brownish color that is not bad, just not red.

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