التفاصيل
Fat oil traditional china painters medium, usually mixed with turps.
Also suitable for underglazes but requires hardening on.
Tips for on-glaze painting:
Cadmiumredsand yellow: These warm colours need tobe applied more thickly and fired at a slightly lower temperature, to 790C (maximum), with little or no soak. This method is most relevant to P4288Golden yellow.
Transparent colours:
Any on-glaze or glass paint can be made transparent by the addition of clear flux.
Products available from Potterycrafts are:
R5925 - Mixing fluxfor low sol colours
R5926 - Mixing flux for low sol colours, suitable for use with cadmium colours
R5625 - Mixing flux for leadless colours
R5930 - Mixing flux for glass colours (high temperature)
R5948 - Mixingflux for glass colours (medium temperature)
These fluxes can also beused as a protective layer over on-glaze decoration to give extra durability.
Outlines:
Outlines for designs can be traced or drawn freehand using a soft pencil or fine marker pen. For a more permanent result, a pale brown or grey on-glaze colour can be used with a fine brush or pen.This can then be fired to give an outline which will not be lost afterthe first firing.
Outlines are best done on ware that has beendegreasedwith turpentine and dried.
