Ceramic Inclusion Stain

Understanding the advantages of disadvantages of stains vs.

Ceramic inclusion stain.

Stains containing otherwise toxic oxides can be employed without significant dangers. You can add mason stains to dry glaze recipes to produce color in an opaque or transparent base glaze. By encasing inorganic cadmium compounds in a zirconium silicate crystal the coloring characteristics of these compounds are combined with the stability characteristics of the zirconium silicate. Mason colors are powdered pigments made of a combination of oxides and frits that create beautiful uniform rich colors.

The fired color should be almost identical to the stain in its raw state. Oxide colors is the key to choosing the best approach. These ceramic stains are fritted to insure color consistency from batch to batch. Model no 10740057 by320 contact now add inquiry basket.

These stain types also known as inclusion stains or inclusion pigments are zirconium silicate with cadmium sulfoselenide crystals ca se. An overview of ceramic stains description. Specialty stains called encapsulated stains allow potters to get colors that were once not possible with traditional ceramic stains. Mason stains mason stains are made by mason color works which is one of the oldest manufacturers of ceramic stains.

Mason stains can be used at all firing temperatures except tin antimony lead yellows and pinks fire only to cone 02 but are formulated specifically for use in oxidizing atmospheres.