Technical Articles
67 articles by Tony Hansen
A ChatBot gives jaw-dropping glaze recipe advice - Jan 2025
A One-speed Lab or Studio Slurry Mixer
Plainsman A Textbook Cone 6 Matte Glaze With Problems
Plainsman Adjusting Glaze Expansion by Calculation to Solve Shivering
Alberta Slip, 20 Years of Substitution for Albany Slip
Plainsman An Overview of Ceramic Stains
Are Your Glazes Food Safe or are They Leachable?
Plainsman Ball Milling Glazes, Bodies, Engobes
Plainsman Binders for Ceramic Bodies
Bringing Out the Big Guns in Craze Control: MgO (G1215U)
Building a Lindoe Downdraft Gas Kiln
Plainsman Ceramic Tile Clay Body Formulation
Plainsman Changing Our View of Glazes
Chemistry vs. Matrix Blending to Create Glazes from Native Materials
Copper Red Glazes
Crazing in Stoneware Glazes: Treating the Causes, Not the Symptoms
Creating a Non-Glaze Ceramic Slip or Engobe
Creating Your Own Budget Glaze
Deflocculants: A Detailed Overview
Demonstrating Glaze Fit Issues to Students
Drying Ceramics Without Cracks
Plainsman Duplicating Albany Slip
Plainsman Electric Hobby Kilns: What You Need to Know
Plainsman Firing Clay Test Bars
Formulating a body using clays native to your area
Plainsman Formulating a Clear Glaze Compatible with Chrome-Tin Stains
Plainsman Formulating a Porcelain
Plainsman G1214M Cone 5-7 20x5 glossy transparent glaze
G1214Z Cone 6 matte glaze
G1916M Cone 06-04 transparent glaze
Getting the Glaze Color You Want: Working With Stains
Glaze and Body Pigments and Stains in the Ceramic Tile Industry
Glaze Chemistry Basics - Formula, Analysis, Mole%, Unity
Glaze Types, Formulation and Application in the Tile Industry
Having Your Glaze Tested for Toxic Metal Release
High Gloss Glazes
Hire Us for a 3D Printing Project
How desktop INSIGHT Deals With Unity, LOI and Formula Weight
How to Find and Test Your Own Native Clays
Plainsman I have always done it this way!
Plainsman Limit Formulas and Target Formulas
Low Budget Testing of Ceramic Glazes
Plainsman Make Your Own Ball Mill Stand
Making Glaze Testing Cones
Plainsman Monoporosa or Single Fired Wall Tiles
Plainsman Organic Matter in Clays: Detailed Overview
Outdoor Weather Resistant Ceramics
Plainsman Particle Size Distribution of Ceramic Powders
Porcelain Tile, Vitrified Tile
Ravenscrag Slip is Born
Plainsman Recylcing Scrap Clay
Single Fire Glazing
Soluble Salts in Minerals: Detailed Overview
Some Keys to Dealing With Firing Cracks
Stoneware Casting Body Recipes
Plainsman Substituting Cornwall Stone
The Effect of Glaze Fit on Fired Ware Strength
Plainsman The Four Levels on Which to View Ceramic Glazes
The Majolica Earthenware Process
Plainsman The Right Chemistry for a Cone 6 Magnesia Matte
Understanding Ceramic Oxides
Understanding Glaze Slurry Properties
Understanding the Deflocculation Process in Slip Casting
Plainsman Understanding Thermal Expansion in Ceramic Glazes
Unwanted Crystallization in a Cone 6 Glaze
What is the Glaze Dragon?
Where do I start in understanding glazes?
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