Frits are parts of a glaze recipe that have been melted and ground to be added into a new glaze recipe. Frit 3134 is a very popular frit that is used as a melter in all temperatures. Many reasons make this frit so popular in the ceramics industry. One of these reasons being its high boron content, making it a great flux. Another being it's high calcium oxide content which is crucial to making chrome tin pinks and maroons. This frit contains no Alumina, meaning the alumina can be sourced from the clay instead which will harden and suspend the slurry. Lastly, the material has high. sodium which reduces feldspar and gives alumina more opportunity to come from the clay.
