Encapsulated Ceramic Stains

These stain types also known as inclusion stains or inclusion pigments are zirconium silicate with cadmium sulfoselenide crystals ca se.

Encapsulated ceramic stains.

However most stains can also be used right up to the high fire. They are a recent development in glaze technology. May be blended with most of our standard stains. A special class of stains that enable bright and difficult to achieve colors in ceramic glazes.

Now with new packaging by bigceramicstore. These colors can be difficult to sustain in glazes because the oxides that create them tend to burn out or alter at high temperatures. 5lb and 10lb quantities. However cerdec degussa stains are micro encapsulated which prevents these coloring agents from melting.

They are most popular at lower temperatures where colors tend to be brighter. 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. Specialty stains called encapsulated stains allow potters to get colors that were once not possible with traditional ceramic stains. Stains containing otherwise toxic oxides can be employed without significant dangers.

Cerdec degussa stains cerdec degussa stains are used to achieve difficult reds and yellows in glazes. It is always recommended to test your mason stains to ensure the stain works well with your base recipe. Click on a color series to view the available stains. The ceramic shop offers mason stains in 1 4 lb 1 lb.

Stains are fired blends of metal and ceramic oxides that have been reground into a fine powder. These zr ca se encapsulated mason stains by mason color works are available to order in one pound and quarter pound increments.