Concepts in Glaze Thickness and Application ( part 21 of Free Online Glaze Course)

This video is 21 in the Free Online Glaze Course on this Channel. (Self- directed) It covers Concepts in Glaze Thickness and Application. Determining glaze slop thickness in the bucket with specific gravity or just my eye. Then it covers viscosity using a Zahn Cup. This is shown by measuring viscosity of a water, a glaze, a deflocculated glaze and a flocculated glaze. Then the most important thing is how thick the glaze is on your pottery and that is determined several ways, a needle tool to check, a optical loop, or a micrometer. Finally getting the correct thickness can also be achieved by determining gram per square inch. So that is shown samples. Enjoy. Had a slight glitch toward the end and had to move the camera.

[stungunsupermm]

Hey John, I've learned so much from your channel. You're one of the only people on here that cover it the way I want it covered. Like school. I don't need the 3 minute demonstrations that leave me asking so many questions in the comments. As a thank you, I've purchased one of your Mino Shino cups from Etsy. I'll proudly use it alongside my own favorite pots I've made. Once again, thank you.

[eddiespottery]

John great to see a new video, I have missed them. I know I'm not alone.

[Ro-exwn]

Great to see such a broad range of methods, techniques and approaches side by side like this - thanks John!

[deepashtray]

Sure wish this video was downloaded this morning.

[mudslingerpaintflinger]

I just signed on to your channel on a recommendation by my Aunt and I'm so glad I did. Thank you for such a great and more in depth lesson on glazes and the differences in the things that can change them. The visual references are very helpful as well. I can't wait to watch more of your videos. I live in very far north of British Columbia Canada and I'm learning on my own. For the last 3 years I've been delving into pottery and just started to feel more comfortable with my knowledge and am leaning towards making my own glazes more. I have made 2 so far but I felt the need to learn exactly what does what so I can control them to the best of my ability. :)

[vibhabudhraja]

Wow....love it! Learn different methods to measure glazes in detail. Thanks so much.

[andziaGT]

This will definitely help me with my problems applying Panama Blue from your book! Thanks

[ClownWhisper]

Hey John this is Jeff you probably recognize me by all the email I sent about the crazy blue clay LOL any rate I have a question does pH ever become a factor with glazes and if so how do we deal with that?. I am an organic chemist I'm a very amateur basis so I have a lot of access to chemicals and I've actually learned how to create many compounds over the years whether that will ever help me or not I really don't know I have been thinking about using some lead carbonate for some chandelier pieces that I've wanted to make nobody will ever touch them and I have a very good exhaust system but at any rate that's beside the whole point I was just wondering if PH ever comes into play if there's ever a reason to check and water would a highly out of wack PH due to a glaze if anything?

Thank you for these videos they're really so valuable I learn more every time I rewatch 1 it's helped me a great deal in this art. Really seriously I can't thank you enough you single handedly advanced my skills immensely

[____Ann____]

Great video. About the 1gram per square inch. Is the 4 inch to 4 inch the size of the bisque tile? Or calculated to have it 4 inch to 4 after shrinkage for the glaze firing?

[alainfichotpotier]

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