Mason 6030 Mango Stain Chemicals borax produces bright colors

borax produces bright colors

TIP: Chip shown over EL-118 Blue Grotto

Apply 3 coats to Cone 06-04 bisque and fire to Cone 5/6

It can be added to glazes

More red burning than M332 with the addition of fine grog and bentonite

Mason 6030 Mango Stain Chemicals borax produces bright colorsStains are a mixture of ceramic oxides and coloring metal oxides that are melted in kilns, quenched, ground to specific mesh size (some are acid washed), and colored with organic dyes to simulate the fired color. Essentially they are fritted colorants. They are made and manufactured for several reasons: to provide a consistent and stable form of colorant that doesnt dissolve in the glaze melt as easily as coloring metal oxides; to make colorants safer