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Please Note

CONTEM Underglaze Brush On

These are stain based underglaze brush on’s that hold their colour integrity over a wide range of temperatures from 1000oC to 1250oC. (UG19-23 recommended max 1230oC or 1220oC if a soak).

Without a top transparent glaze they give a matt surface which we would not consider food safe . Bisque fire, clean away salts, apply UG, allow to dry, apply top glaze, glaze fire.  We do not recommend applying any make of underglaze is applied on to greenware unless you are 100% confident that the piece is fully dried out - moisture turning to steam can make the UG peel off during final fire. Be extremely careful with grease from fingers getting on the bisqueware. We recommend applying to slow fired bisque as that ensures all moisture and gasses are expelled, 1000oC for stoneware 1100oC for earthenware. VAT TO BE ADDED ON ALL PRICES.

VAT to be added on to all Glaze Prices

If the UG brush on is starting to dry out we would recommend adding small amounts of UG Medium

 and re-mixing it all with a hand held electric mixer.

100gmContem UG pot

= 70 ml

= 2.4 flOz

250gmContem UG pot

= 175 ml

= 5.9 FlOz

500gmContem UG pot

= 350 ml

= 11.8 flOz

1kg Contem UG pot

= 700 ml

= 23.6 flOz

Contem 100gm pot is 20% bigger than an Amaco / Velvet 2 oz pot.

The Contem 1kg pot is 48% bigger than an Amaco / Velvet US pint pot.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

These colours are also available as Earthenware glazes - see the CONTEM EG glaze range

 and as CONTEM SW stoneware glazes

PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES SHOW THE UG’s AFTER A TOP GLOSSY GLAZE HAS BEEN PUT ON AND FIRED.

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Please wipe down the bisque ware after bisque firing to remove the salts that have come to the surface or they will reboil in glaze firing peeling off the underglaze and also they can block the pores stopping the underglaze from sticking / gripping.

Fast bisque firing can force gasses to split open a piece or trap gasses that will then re-expand during the glaze firing splitting, bloating and warping as well as causing glaze blister, pin holes and peeling off underglazes. Slow bisque firing can cure most glaze faults.

See at bottom of page about why we advise against applying to greenware - many do but it is always a risk.

VAT to be added on to all Glaze Prices

VAT to be added on to all Glaze Prices

VAT to be added on to all Glaze Prices

VAT to be added on to all Glaze Prices

Please wipe down the bisque ware after bisque firing to remove the salts that have come to the surface or they will reboil in glaze firing peeling off the underglaze and also they can block the pores stopping the underglaze from sticking / gripping.

Fast bisque firing can force gasses to split open a piece or trap gasses that will then re-expand during the glaze firing splitting, bloating and warping as well as causing glaze blister, pin holes and peeling off underglazes. Slow bisque firing can cure most glaze faults.

See at bottom of page about why we advise against applying to greenware.

Please wipe down the bisque ware after bisque firing to remove the salts that have come to the surface or they will reboil in glaze firing peeling off the underglaze and also they can block the pores stopping the underglaze from sticking / gripping.

Fast bisque firing can force gasses to split open a piece or trap gasses that will then re-expand during the glaze firing splitting, bloating and warping as well as causing glaze blister, pin holes and peeling off underglazes. Slow bisque firing can cure most glaze faults.

Please wipe down the bisque ware after bisque firing to remove the salts that have come to the surface or they will reboil in glaze firing peeling off the underglaze and also they can block the pores stopping the underglaze from sticking / gripping.

Fast bisque firing can force gasses to split open a piece or trap gasses that will then re-expand during the glaze firing splitting, bloating and warping as well as causing glaze blister, pin holes and peeling off underglazes. Slow bisque firing can cure most glaze faults.

See at bottom of page about why we advise against applying to greenware.

These colours are also available as Earthenware glazes - see the CONTEM EG glaze range

 and as CONTEM SW stoneware glazes

These colours are also available as Earthenware glazes - see the CONTEM EG glaze range

We can also make them as mid temperature and stoneware glazes with sufficient notice.

These colours are also available as Earthenware glazes - see the CONTEM EG glaze range

 and as CONTEM SW stoneware glazes

Although people do tell us that they can apply underglazes to greenware and then bisque fire and then apply a top glaze and refire we really do not recommend it unless the piece is 100% dried out - which is often not possible in weekly lessons.

95+% of people do not do it this way for a good reason. And 95% of issues we come across with every make of underglaze are people applying to greenware (or people who fire the UG after application and then put on the glossy glaze and fire again which often results in the UG peeling off).

During a bisque fire at 100/120oC the free water comes off as steam – 1 gram of water creates 1.5 litres of steam and it has to come out through the pores; 300oC you get the water which is combined with the clay coming off as steam, then approx. 550-600oC you get carbonaceous matter and sulphur coming off as gasses and then at 750-850oC you get the carbonates releasing their gasses. 

All of this steam and gasses have to come out of the clay pores and can push out any make of underglaze from the pores; they also bring salts to the surface which can boil and release more gasses during the glaze fire peeling off the underglaze.

All makes of underglaze are a thin dense layer of metal based stains which do not easily have the ability to reform and run back into the pores.

So bisque fire slowly – wipe down all the salts / powder and then underglaze and allow to dry and then add the top glaze and do the glaze firing – and all should be well.