131. Mixing Your Own Floating Blue Pottery Glaze

I love to mix my own glazes and one of my all time favorite is Floating Blue.

But how do you mix your own pottery glazes? What do you need to mix a glaze?

In this video I will show you all the steps of mixing your own Floating Blue glaze - the tools, materials and methods. How to keep track of your materials and how to get the glaze ready to use.

INDEX:
00:00 Introduction to mixing Floating Blue pottery glaze
00:32 What you need to mix your own pottery glaze
00:45 The many variations of the Floating Blue glaze
02:12 Use the right protection when mixing glazes!
02:52 Materials to use for the Floating Blue glaze
05:16 Keep track of the glaze materials!
06:25 Mixing the dry materials for the glaze
14:57 I (almost) made a mistake!
15:56 Adding water to the dry glaze materials
18:07 The next day - finish making of the glaze
18:18 Blending the glaze
20:14 Sieving the glaze
22:58 Adjusting the Specific Gravity (SG) of the glaze
30:16 Thats it! The Floating Blue glaze is now ready to use
31:02 Photos of pots with the Floating Blue glaze


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