Works best on shoulder of pieces or on a more horizontal surface.
Silver nitrate in ceramic glaze.
It can also be sprayed or brushed as a wash by diluting a little as a few crystals in 1 or 2 cups of hot water.
Deep green gold blue vibrant multi colour iridescence when applied thickly silver nitrate 1g.
This makes silver nitrate 65 times more expensive than copper carbonate.
The nitrate is generally more freely available than the carbonate but either will do.
Works best on shoulder of pieces or on a more horizontal surface.
Gold pink purple and yellow iridescence silver nitrate 1g.
This glaze has to be fired hot to about 1950f for the platelets to form beads.
It looks different on top of a variety of base glazes as you can see from the photos.
It is possible to dry blend the nitrate and carbonate forms and putting these into a glaze to get a better gold sheen.
With silver nitrate added i call this glaze silver slither which is pictured.
This ion transfers to ware as adhered material and when fired and reduced the ag metal gives a gold sheen.
This glaze has to be fired hot to about 1950f for the platelets to form beads.
Silver nitrate is effective in a glaze in the range of 1 2.
Silver nitrate is highly soluble and forms ag ions when dissolved in water.
With silver nitrate added i call this glaze silver slither which is pictured.
This composition is used to manufacture ceramic products which need be specially sanitary for example tiles sanitary fixtures toilet stools and bathtubs and can display their antibacterial mildewproof properties effectively.
Mix on the thick side.
Some of the problems involved with silver nitrate include.
An antibacterial mildewproof glaze composition for ceramic products which contains a silver containing substance and a refractory and or a glass composition.
And since the molecular weight of nitrate is 176 and the carbonate is 276 use more carbonate for every gram of nitrate use 1 6 grams of carbonate and you ll have the same amount of silver as metal in the glaze.
Green gold pink and blue iridescence silver nitrate 1g.
Silver nitrate will stain your skin and is an extreme corrosive so wear gloves and clean your brushes and spray equipment immediately after use.
Mix on the thick side.