The secret of this cone 6 translucency will surprise you!

Thursday 14th May 2015

Three cone 6 mugs. All have zero insight-live.com/glossary/72">porosity. Why is the middle one so translucent? Three reasons.
1. It has 10% more feldspar than the one on the left and reaches zero porosity already at cone 5.
2. It employs New Zealand china clay while the one on the left contains high-TiO2 #6 Tile kaolin.
But this is also true for the one on the right. The third difference is the key.
3. The center one contains 4% Veegum T plasticizer (while the other two use standard bentonite). This is surprising when I tell you one more thing: The mug on the right also contains 3% Ferro Frit 3110. That means that the frit does not have near the fluxing power of the VeeGum!

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Veegum, Polar Ice casting translucency, The premium plasticizer has a premium price. Brace yourself., Translucency, Vitrification

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