A functional matte cone 6 glaze should melt as well as a glossy

Friday 26th October 2012

True functional mattes have fluid melts, like glossy glazes. They need this in order to develop a hard, non-scratching durable glass. The mechanism of the matte on the right is high Al2O3 (G1214Z), it is actually melting more than the glossy glaze on the left (G1214W).

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Al2O3, G1214Z - Cone 6 Silky Matte, G1214Z Cone 6 Matte Base Glaze, A Textbook Cone 6 Matte Glaze With Problems, Tune your matte glaze to the degree of matteness you want, Matte Glaze

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