At 1550F Gerstley Borate suddenly shrinks!

Sunday 10th August 2014

These GBMF test balls were fired at 1550F and were the same size to start. The Gerstley insight-live.com/glossary/129">Borate has suddenly shrunk dramatically in the last 40 degrees (and will shrink even more and then suddenly melt down flat within the next 50). The talc is still refractory, the Ferro Frit 3124 slowly softens across a wide temperature range. The frit and Gerstley Borate are always fluxes, the talc is a flux under certain circumstances.

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Gerstley Borate, GBMF Glaze Melt Fluidity - Ball Test, Frit, Flux, 843-Comparison of frit melts at 1550F

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