Episode 107 – How can you tell if a glaze is fully melted?

Today your favorite glaze experts answer a listener’s question about judging the melt of an ash glaze, methods for wet mixing bentonite, and whether or not it’s safe to use industrial dinnerware made before lead was regulated. They also open the show talking about why you should never crush encapsulated stains.

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