Zinc Oxide, Calcined Pottery Cascade Glazes Wet-to-dry shrinkage: 5

Wet-to-dry shrinkage: 5

They are made and manufactured for several reasons: to provide a consistent and stable form of colorant that doesn’t dissolve in the glaze melt as easily as coloring metal oxides

Zinc barium artware and tile glaze frit

The tile displayed is the final fired result at cone 5

borax has been shown to improve the fit of glaze on greenware and bisque

Zinc Oxide, Calcined Pottery Cascade Glazes Wet-to-dry shrinkage: 5Calcined Zinc Oxide is a useful high temperature flux. Increases the maturing range of glazes and produces bright glossy colors. Also may be used to give opacity and promote matting in glazes. Chemical Formula: ZnO Safety Data Sheet: SDS