Encapsulated Ceramic Stains

These colors can be difficult to sustain in glazes because the oxides that create them tend to burn out or alter at high temperatures.

Encapsulated ceramic stains.

May be blended with most of our standard stains. The ceramic shop offers mason stains in 1 4 lb 1 lb. Specialty stains called encapsulated stains allow potters to get colors that were once not possible with traditional ceramic stains. They are most popular at lower temperatures where colors tend to be brighter.

Cerdec degussa stains cerdec degussa stains are used to achieve difficult reds and yellows in glazes. A special class of stains that enable bright and difficult to achieve colors in ceramic glazes. It is always recommended to test your mason stains to ensure the stain works well with your base recipe. This is a type of stain manufacture that enables the use of metal oxides like cadmium under temperature conditions in which they would normally fail.

Click on a color series to view the available stains. 5lb and 10lb quantities. Here you ll find zr ca se pottery stains in shades of red and orange. Stains are fired blends of metal and ceramic oxides that have been reground into a fine powder.

They are a recent development in glaze technology. The swatches in this guide are as accurately represented as the internet display process will allow. Now with new packaging by bigceramicstore. However cerdec degussa stains are micro encapsulated which prevents these coloring agents from melting.

Most stains are stable up to 2300 degrees f in both oxidation and reduction and are lead free. These zr ca se encapsulated mason stains by mason color works are available to order in one pound and quarter pound increments.