Mattes – Our Stoneware Matte glazes provide a variety of colours and performance characteristics. We add glass aggregate to the base glaze, which melts during the glaze firing to create beautiful crystal blooms and colour variation. There is a lot of variety with our Stoneware glazes so finding the glazes that work best for you can certainly be intimidating! There are some grouping throughout our Stoneware glaze line that are similar in performance, which can prove helpful when selecting glazes.Ĭrystals – Our Stoneware Crystal glazes are a unique line of glazes that contain colourful crystals in the glazes themselves that are designed to melt and bloom during the firing. How do I know what Stoneware glaze is best for me? One coat will display more colour while additional coats will increase mottling and white variegation.

SW-136 Weathered Blue, SW-137 Storm Gray and SW-138 Lemon Meringue are unique glazes that change in appearance with number of glaze coats. When storing a crystal glaze, you may consider storing upside down to facilitate crystal dispersion on the next use. While the glaze is wet, you can use your brush to redistribute the crystals to achieve balanced coverage. During your last coat, use your brush to evenly distribute the crystals over the top two-thirds of the piece and move away from the bottom third. Over-application or heavy deposition of the crystals can cause pinholing or running.Ĭrystals will flow more than the base glaze. Stir with palette knife or another unpainted tool. See label for additional firing information for individual glazes and cone 10 performance.Ĭrystals will settle to the bottom of the jar and will need a good mixing prior to initial use. The integrity of your design will remain unchanged as these glazes are incredibly stable and will not move or combine with surrounding colours. Stoneware Gloss Glazes: Stoneware Gloss glazes can be used in design, all over coverage and are the ideal product for intermixability at mid-range temperatures. See label for additional firing information for individual glazes and cone 10 performance. Avoid placing crystals near the bottom third of a vertical piece as they may cause additional movement during firing. Over application of the crystals can cause pinholing or running. While the glaze is wet, use your brush to redistribute crystals to achieve balanced coverage.

Apply two to three coats using a fan or hake brush. Crystals will settle to the bottom of the jar and will need thorough mixing prior to initial use and in between each coat. Stoneware Crystal Glazes: Crystal glazes are designed to expand upon the surface with dazzling bursts of colour. Allow each coat to dry before applying the next coat. Apply one, two or three coats depending on the result desired. Stoneware Classic & Matte Glazes: Stir well.

Gloss Glazes are the ideal product for brightly coloured dinnerware. One coat will allow more of the clay body to show through the glaze. Used alone, Mayco Stoneware glazes produce beautiful colour variations, deepening with additional coats. Artists can achieve incredible finishes with a simple combination of two glazes. Mayco Stoneware glazes work great layered both under or over other glazes.

Mayco Stoneware glazes offer the depth, sophistication and reliability to artists working from mid-range to high-fire temperatures. The choice of clay body, thickness of glaze application, firing process and temperature will affect the fired results. Many glazes will break over textures, revealing secondary colours and shades. Mayco Stoneware glazes are friendly to the user in application, layering and firing. They are best known for being receptive and favourable to the user during both application and firing. One of the most distinctive traits of Mayco’s Stoneware is that the glazes provide consistent performance and intriguing visual interest. Mayco’s Stoneware glaze assortment, including Classic, Matte, Crystal, and Gloss, offers a variety of finishes, textures and endless possibilities for glaze combinations.

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