Stoneware powder glaze.
Spring Grass is a glossy, transparant soft green glaze. It's lighter green when applied thin and becomes more intense when applied thick.
Available as:
- 500 g (to make a brush-on glaze)
- 2 kg (to make a dipping/pouring glaze)
- 7 kg (to make a dipping/pouring glaze)
You'll receive a beige, stoneware glazed test tile and an instruction booklet with every glaze order.
Spring Grass
Important safety information
Always wear personal protective equipment such as an FFP3 mask, gloves and possibly eye protection when mixing powder glazes. Read the safety instructions on the label and in the supplied instruction booklet carefully. The glazes contain no lead and cadmium.
Preparation
The mixing instructions differ depending on whether you want to make a brush glaze or a pouring/dipping glaze. Follow the instructions on the label and in the supplied instruction booklet carefully for the best results. Always use the complete contents of the package.
Use
SOGO powder glazes are suitable for brushing, dipping, pouring (over) and spraying. Each glaze must always be tested thoroughly so that parameters such as viscosity, specific gravity, number of layers, thickness of the glaze and firing temperature are well known. All information is on the label and the supplied instruction booklet.
Firing
Fire the SOGO glazes to cone 7 for best results. Sometimes the stoneware glaze can also be fired to cone 6 or 8. This is indicated on the label. With modern, well-insulated kilns you reach cone 7 at an end temperature between 1200°C and 1220°C with a slow firing schedule of 60°C per hour during the last part of the firing. Follow the instructions in the supplied booklet and test the firing behavior of your kiln with pyrometric cones.
Other equipment
The following items are useful to have at home when you're going to mix SOGO powder glaze. Most products can also be purchased through the webshop so you can get started right away.
- FFP3 mask
- nitrile gloves (powder-free)
- bucket (minimum 1 L for 500 grams, 3 L for 2 kg powder and 10 L for 7 kg powder)
- immersion blender, toilet brush, sturdy brush or paint mixer - depending on the amount to be stirred
- kitchen scale
- precision scale accurate to at least 0.1 gram
- glaze sieve 60 or 80 mesh
- measuring cup 1 L
- Epsom salt (flocculant - to thicken glaze)
- Dolapix PC67 (deflocculant - to make glaze more flowing)
- test tiles or test pots
- large syringe of 50 or 60 ml
- flow cup (also called viscosity cup) with a 4 mm hole
Extra info, FAQ and video instructions
To help you achieve good, consistent results, there are various pages on this website with additional information, video instructions and frequently asked questions. You can find all the information here.