Used for matte glazes.
Ceramic flux used for transfer.
This gas produces a stable arc less spatter and allows more of a spray transfer of metal.
The most popular is c25 25 carbon dioxide and 75 argon.
The following examples use a 100 gram base recipe for all calculations.
8 fluxes to be tested in ez clear 34 base.
The base minus the variable flux 66 grams to mix enough for 8 tests multiply following ingredients in grams by 8.
The most common gasses used for dual shield fcaw are a mixture of carbon dioxide and argon or argon and oxygen.
12 wollastonite 24 kaolin 30 silica.
These are introduced to the raw glaze as compounds for example lead as lead oxide.
The most commonly used fluxing oxides in a ceramic glaze contain lead sodium potassium lithium calcium magnesium barium zinc strontium and manganese.
Flux for high fire range increases glaze adhesion and viscosity.
I recently used this mixture when taking my 3g flux cored arc welding certification.
In some other cases a mixture of argon and oxygen may be used.
In ceramics the addition of a flux lowers the melting point of the body or glaze.
A ceramic flux functions by promoting partial or complete liquefaction.
While anyone can buy commercial decals and transfer them onto their own ceramic objects if you have a silk screen and the appropriate ceramic pigments you can make decals from your own designs.
A calcium magnesium carbonate flux used in the high fire range when both elements are desired.