Synthetic Red Iron Oxide (high purity 325 mesh)

Description

Red Iron Oxide is possibly the most common colorant in the ceramics industry. It is used in oxidation to create lovely browns, tans, and yellows. In reduction, red iron oxide becomes a flux, making the glazes melt off the ware. 


Information gathered from Digitalfire Ceramic Materials Database and The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques by Frank Hamer.

PLEASE NOTE:
If you are mixing up a Steven Hill glaze that calls for "High Purity Red Iron Oxide," he gets his materials through another source - US Pigment. Steven has said that his Red Orange glaze will NOT turn out as expected if you use a different iron. Steven went on to tell me that using the US Pigment version of the high purity red iron oxide is not as critical in the Juicy Fruit glaze recipe.

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SKU: RMIRONSYNTH

$10.00

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    Ceramic Use: Colorants & Opacifiers

    Mineral Class: Oxides

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    Description

    Red Iron Oxide is possibly the most common colorant in the ceramics industry. It is used in oxidation to create lovely browns, tans, and yellows. In reduction, red iron oxide becomes a flux, making the glazes melt off the ware. 


    Information gathered from Digitalfire Ceramic Materials Database and The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques by Frank Hamer.

    PLEASE NOTE:
    If you are mixing up a Steven Hill glaze that calls for "High Purity Red Iron Oxide," he gets his materials through another source - US Pigment. Steven has said that his Red Orange glaze will NOT turn out as expected if you use a different iron. Steven went on to tell me that using the US Pigment version of the high purity red iron oxide is not as critical in the Juicy Fruit glaze recipe.

    Read more

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