Free Raku Glazes

Alligator Copper Matt
Gerstley Borate 8 cups
Bone Ash 2 cups
Copper Carbonate 0.5 cup
Cobalt Oxide 0.25 cup
Optional: Cobalt Carbonate 2%

 

Alligator II  
Gerstley Borate 4 cups
Bone Ash 2 cups
Nepheline Syenite 1 cup
Copper Carbonate 1 cup

 

Alkaline Blue Turquoise where thick
Yellow where very thin
Frit 3110 70
Gerstley Borate 5
Flint (Silica) 10
Soda Ash 10
EPK 5
Copper Carbonate 3

 

Alkaline Blue  
Frit 3134 60
Soda Ash 30
Whiting 5
EPK 5
Copper Carbonate 3

 

Basic White Crackle Apply it thick and you will get a nice bright, opaque white
Gerstley Borate 65
Tennessee Ball Clay 5
Nepheline Syenite 15
Tin Oxide 10
Flint 5

 

Black Gloss  
Borax 10
Gerstley Borate 40
Soda Ash 20
Nepheline Syenite 10
Barnard Clay 10
Cobalt Carbonate 4
Copper Carbonate 2

 

Blue Crackle Gloss, Dark Blue, small crackle
Gerstley Borate 80
Cornwall Stone 20
Cobalt Carbonate 6

 

Clear Crackle Basic Crackle I use
Gerstley Borate 65
Nepheline Syenite 20
EPK (Kaolin) 5
Flint (Silica) 10

 

Copper Blue/Bronze Raku  
Borax 3.09
Gerstley Borate 41.24
Nepheline Syenite 41.24
Kona F-4 Feldspar 14.43
Copper Carbonate 3.09

 

Copper Luster Apply Thin. Dark Cranberry Luster
Gerstley Borate 80
Nepheline Syenite 20
Cobalt Oxide 1.1
Copper Oxide 2.1
Yellow Ocher 7.8

 

Copper Stain(aka Copper Matt) Apply then wipe off with a sponge leaving stain in crevices
Frit 3110 10
Copper Carbonate 90

 

Crusty Lusty  
Gerstley Borate 8 cups
Bone Ash 2 cups
Copper Carbonate 1/2 cup
Cobalt Oxide 1/4 cup

 

Del Favero Luster Gloss, Turquoise, turns copper penny luster under strong reduction
Gerstley Borate 80
Cornwall Stone 20
Copper Carbonate 2

 

Dry Alligator Matt
Gerstley Borate 44.25
Nepheline Syenite 10
Bone Ash 19.75
Copper Carbonate 10

 

Egg Shell Blue Mottled blue to gold orange peel
Granular Borax 960
Gerstley Borate 960
Red Iron Oxide 10
Copper Carbonate 20
Cobalt Carbonate 30

 

Ferguson’s Blue  
Frit 3110 70
Gerstley Borate 5
Flint 10
Soda Ash 10
Kaolin 5
Copper Carbonate 3