Dinnerware+ and food-safe with clear glaze
Cone 6 oxidation: White Engobe fires matte white. Engobes are used to coat your clay body to your preferred finish/color and are a great base to achieve variability in your glaze results.
Cone 10: No change.
Engobes are used to coat your clay body to your preferred finish/color and are a great base to achieve variability in your glaze results.
Tips: Can be applied to wet clay, greenware or soft fired, cone 04 bisque.Engobes are often used for a variety of decorative techniques, such as sgraffito and majolica. Fires matte. Apply clear glaze to intensify color or for use on dinnerware. Engobes will impact glaze results when used as a base. Engobes are used to change the color of your clay color surface without cross contamination and easy clean up in your studio.Can be used in oxidation or reduction firings. Results may vary. The choice of clay body, thickness of application, firing process, and temperature will greatly affect the fired results. Always test your application on your clay body in your kiln environment.
Helpful Hints
- To prevent smearing of the specks, do not overbrush the Speckled Buff Engobe.
- The specks in Speckled Buff may be visible under a sheer glaze but may not show through when using an opaque glaze.
- Engobes fire matte. Apply clear glaze to intensify color or for use on dinnerware.
- Engobes may be used on alternative clay bodies such as turning a brown clay body white.
- Engobes tend to influence the flow and results of the glaze used overtop.
- Engobes are intermixable.
- We recommended 2 coats of each glaze when used for glaze combinations (2x2x2)
- Engobes can be used in various design techniques such as sgraffito, silkscreening, majolica, wax resist, marbling, and more!
