Brown soluble salts that appear after drying, but disappear on firing

Thursday 26th February 2015

The insight-live.com/glossary/254">soluble salts dissolved in the water of plasticity of this red body have migrated through the white engobe during drying of these earthenware cups. The cups were upside down so all the solubles have been left on the outside surface. The red body is made using a high percentage of Redart clay (a widely available commercial low-fire low-plastic clay in North America). It is plasticized using added ball clay. The brownish material is organic, because after bisque firing it has disappeared.

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Redart, Efflorescence, Soluble Salts

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