How to make your own pottery glaze

This video will show you How to make your own pottery glaze. The process is fairly simple but it can be intimidating at first.
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Time Stamps
00:23 tools you need
02:30 Safety
03:17 Raw materials
03:55 How to read the glaze recipe
04:51 Mixing the base glaze
07:29 Adding the color
08:10 Mixing the glaze
11:43 Checking the consistency
13:27 Transferring the glaze to a container
14:28 What to do if you add to much water
15:15 How to label
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raw materials
www.clay-king.com/glazes_ceram...
hydrometer
www.clay-king.com/glazes_ceram...
60 and 80 mesh sieves
www.clay-king.com/glazes_ceram...

[@ZebulonPottery]

let me know where you get your favorite glaze recipes from!

[@sandracartica4932]

I usually get my recipes from Glazy or one of my books. The book by John Britt is really good if you are firing to cone 5-6.

[@ozzig.2667]

This is so helpful, im trying my own glazes at the moment, a hug from Chile.

[@ZebulonPottery]

I am glad I could help

[@AmandaKay-qq7jo]

One day I will attempt this. Thank you so much for sharing! :) Very informative!

[@ZebulonPottery]

Go for it!

[@missjocelyng]

Wow thank you. This was very helpful!

[@rdloveieee]

Thanks for the clarity and the detail. I'd love to see another video on a complete list of equipment and where you obtain each.

[@ZebulonPottery]

Thanks for the idea!

[@shelleyhillvideo]

Thanks for the great and thorough video! I have been using a kitchen stick blender before sieving and the difference is Amazing! They are cheap, fast and very effective, the glazes look so clean and bright!

[@ZebulonPottery]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jenniferlong4327]

Thanks for your help and information.

[@ZebulonPottery]

No worries. Glad it was helpful.

[@user-qx5kh7sd3b]

I am watching you from Ethioia thank you

[@ZebulonPottery]

Right on. hope the video was helpful

[@incilakay2303]

thanks, very usefull.

[@linggiman]

Thank you for the video..cheers

[@ZebulonPottery]

Your welcome, glad it was helpful

[@ellieelf5888]

Thank you. Truly informative. Do you have a picture of the glaze on a pot that you made or a test tile please?

[@ZebulonPottery]

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[@LussCeylonPotterybySachi]

Hey there this information is very valuable for a beginner. Im still exploring. I was under the impression that we cannot mix glaze with out a pot mill...

[@ZebulonPottery]

I buy my materials from a local pottery supplier or from clayking.com. I have never needed to refine materials but it would be interesting to get into milling the materials. There is always something else to learn and I will be looking into this more.

[@michaelhyland7166]

Thanks

[@ZebulonPottery]

Glad it was helpful.

[@mohitprajapati6962]

Love from India Potter ❤️🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@juliacollins310]

How much water did you add (aside from the 1-inch in the beginning?)

[@ZebulonPottery]

It's really hard to give an exact amount because not all glazes are the same. Just add water until you think its right. If you add to much you can always pull it off the top when it settles.

[@wyldanimal2]

Wow, where is the sample piece with the glaze on it. I watched to the end expecting to see a sample of the fired glaze !

[@ZebulonPottery]

sorry about that. I plan on remaking this video with more up to date info. I didn't want to push this recipe so that's why I didn't show it.

[@Greenerpastures1265]

this was super useful to me! I do have one question though..... how do you know to formulate a glaze for cone 6? Like do you just make a glaze and test it at every cone? that sounds like a lot of wasteful firing :/

[@ZebulonPottery]

The recipe book I used gives a range. The best place to start is to piggyback off of tried and true recipes. There are a lot of free resources where you can find recipes, this video will help you brake down the math and give you a general place to start. If you have any questions please reach out and I'll do my best to help!

[@Greenerpastures1265]

​@@ZebulonPottery thank youuu!! yeah it never occured to me to do that. thanks for sharing your knowledge because my pottery teacher hoards knowledge like its a nazi secret lol. im gonna follow you on insta right now!!

[@sandracartica4932]

Hydrometers are cheap these days. I found mine on Amazon for 12.95!

[@ZebulonPottery]

That's fair. I need to remake this video and update it.

[@michaelisrael4883]

where’d you get the mixing brush from?

[@ZebulonPottery]

Clay king sells them online. They run about $100 to $120 if I can remember.

[@danielbrowniel]

I want to know some ancient glaze recipes.. these look like Walter White's cooking!

[@ZebulonPottery]

Check out Andy wards ancient Pottery. He talks about old school glazes on his channel.

[@danielbrowniel]

thanks@@ZebulonPottery

[@kevinjamiesonbelou]

I waa under the impression that an 80 mesh screen was actually a finer mesh than a 60. Isnt it the number of holes per square inch? If thats so, more holes would mean finer straining? Am I wrong? I legit dont know.

[@ZebulonPottery]

You are correct, 80 mesh is finer than 60 mesh.

[@kevinjamiesonbelou]

Ok. You said it backwards in the video. FYI. Cheers.

[@khwajafatmi5882]

I want to make glaze for ceramic floor tiles. Can you help me with a recipe?

[@ZebulonPottery]

I could help you find a recipe. honestly the best thing would be a recipe book and I would need you to answer a few questions. 1. What cone are you firing to? 2. What color do you want? 3. Is the kiln, wood, gas or electric? 4. Have you ever made glazes and do you have any equipment for glaze making? I will do my best to help and make this easy for you!

[@carlosleon9580]

@@ZebulonPottery Cone 9, Green, Gas... and yes :) not my comment, but would use some orientation

[@ZebulonPottery]

@@carlosleon9580 This should work for you, but with any glaze it needs testing. I only fire cone 06 to cone 6 in oxidation, so I dont have any glazes that are tried in true for me at your cone. I am assuming you are firing in reduction because you are using gas but that is not always true, so this is just a guess. Elaine’s Celadon Base Glaze (Cone 8-11, reduction) Whiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.2% Zinc Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7 Custer Feldspar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 Frit 3110 (Ferro) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8 EPK (Edgar Plastic Kaolin) . . . . . . . . 17.5 Silica (200-mesh Flint) . . . . . . . . . . 24.9 100.0% White: Tin Oxide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7% Green: Mason Stain 6201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.9% Iron Blue: Mason Stain 6391 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.6% Yields a smooth transparent glaze that is great over carved or incised decoration on porcelain. From Tom & Elaine Coleman, Ceramics Monthly, January 2003. If you need help braking down the recipe this video should help you with that but if you have any questions please let me know.

[@chessPrabu]

Sir, you dont need a pot mill for mixing?

[@ZebulonPottery]

no. pushing your mix through a screen is all you need to do. I buy my dry chemicals from local pottery supply, all the materials are ready to be mixed.

[@GenXPiper]

Very nice explanation. Is there a typo tho on red iron oxide. Shouldn’t the red iron oxide be .005

[@ZebulonPottery]

thanks for the catch on the typo

[@tamermalak8293]

Can you write a glaze recipe in the description please

[@ZebulonPottery]

will do

[@max3hand]

Imagine doing this in Imperial :D

[@ZebulonPottery]

I buy everything in pounds because I'm in the USA and then convert it to metric because it makes more sense. I don't think I could do it the other way around!

[@max3hand]

@@ZebulonPottery I can't imagine! Thanks for awesome content!!

[@IsAmericaforSaletoChina]

Can we make it super simple, from things we can find in nature? Maybe use lime instead of nepheline syenite for a flux? Skip the whitening agent; add the ball clay. I want to be able to make glaze for the clay in the middle of the forest. I know where to get iron and can make an iron oxide out of it.

[@ZebulonPottery]

Starting simple is always better. I would follow a recipe but if you want to learn and play, you can fire each ingredient on its own and see what it does. Trial and error is old school and a great way to learn!

[@syedbransha6793]

Do you know how to make bottle s

[@ZebulonPottery]

like throwing a bottle on the wheel? I don't think I have made many but I can throw one.

[@iiparis6636]

Zebulon Pottery that's too funny 😂

[@Jazzgin]

How to make your own glaze: Buy all the ingredients commercially. Buy a scale. Buy all the other pro tools…. And mix. Like an american pizza recipe. Buy a pizza and microwave it. :)

[@ZebulonPottery]

If I was going to make a cake, I would go to the store and buy eggs, flour, and the rest and use an oven to bake it. I'm not sure what you were expecting?

[@riveto_ir]

It realllllly shocked me to hear that potters live 10 years less on average 'cause of the materials and the way they are using it, and watching you through this video without gloves just made me laugh 😂 i think you have stage 4 "I dont care" man 😅😂 take care 😇

[@ZebulonPottery]

Gloves should be worn if you don't understand what's in your glaze. Most of the damage comes from air born particles and being outside helps. Also having water in the bucket before you pour dry material keeps dust down. I know what was going into this glaze and non of the particles were small enough to pass through my skin.

[@treyondaren3542]

.... Cant i just use a blender? makes thing easier.

[@ZebulonPottery]

You can but the mesh really makes the glaze smooth and gives you a nicer mix. For a smaller batch it might work but it will be harder to get consistent results.

[@treyondaren3542]

@@ZebulonPottery I see... but you can use a power screwdriver with a long rod attached to a huge whisk to mix everything in a barrel right? I see this sometimes in construction sites whey they mix cement

[@elischira9117]

Says wear a mask and gloves * doesn’t wear a mask and gloves

[@ZebulonPottery]

Very fair comment.... do as I say, not as I do!

[@canelrachon]

it is comlicate

[@ZebulonPottery]

sorry. I tried to make it as simple as I could.

[@georedegerloch1570]

This is super helpful, thanks!

[@ZebulonPottery]

glad it was helpful