Comments on: Using Silver (Ag) as a colorant in a Ceramic Glaze. http://jessehull.com/2008/05/25/using-silver-ag-as-a-colorant-in-a-ceramic-glaze/ Decorative Crystalline Glazed Porcelain Artwork: Vases, Bottles, Finial Jars, & Ornaments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Kathy Daley http://jessehull.com/2008/05/25/using-silver-ag-as-a-colorant-in-a-ceramic-glaze/#comment-397 Kathy Daley Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:39:15 +0000 http://jessehull.com/2008/05/25/using-silver-ag-as-a-colorant-in-a-ceramic-glaze/#comment-397 I purchased a small bottle of silver nitrate at the NECCA show from US Pigment...they said to spray it on a raku piece to form silver lust. Not much info. I will like to experiment but don't know how to use it. I assume I disolve in water, from another web site, I saw it was 1 gram Silver Nitrate in 50 grams Distilled Water makes a 'Silver Wash' for pottery. Do I wash the pot before I place in Raku kiln ... Do I spray pot right after it come out of kiln but before it goes in for reduction Or do I spay or wash the pot and then put is back into the raku kiln..andy help would be appreciated...or am I walking on the dark side. Kathy Daley <strong>I currently stay away from Silver Nitrate... see my post on "<a href="http://jessehull.com/2008/05/25/using-silver-ag-as-a-colorant-in-a-ceramic-glaze/" rel="nofollow">Using Silver (Ag) as a colorant in a Ceramic Glaze</a>" ~jesse.</strong> I purchased a small bottle of silver nitrate at the NECCA show from US Pigment…they said to spray it on a raku piece to form silver lust. Not much info.
I will like to experiment but don’t know how to use it.
I assume I disolve in water, from another web site, I saw it was 1 gram Silver Nitrate in 50 grams Distilled Water makes a ‘Silver Wash’ for pottery.
Do I wash the pot before I place in Raku kiln …
Do I spray pot right after it come out of kiln but before it goes in for reduction
Or do I spay or wash the pot and then put is back into the raku kiln..andy help would be appreciated…or am I walking on the dark side.
Kathy Daley

I currently stay away from Silver Nitrate… see my post on “Using Silver (Ag) as a colorant in a Ceramic Glaze”
~jesse.

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