Episode 09 – How much water should I put in my glaze?

On today’s episode of For Flux Sake our hosts talk about the relationship between specific gravity and glaze thickness, both before and after a glaze has been fired. They also answer a listener question about how you might change a dunking glaze into a brushing glaze with additives.

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