Gare Premium Underglazes
Gare manufactures over 70 Gare creamy Premium Underglazes that provide you a wide range of color choices from light pastels to deep bold color. All Premium underglazes are color pigmented clay coatings. Our Premium Underglazes also contain a "special ingredient" that makes them the creamiest in the industry. All underglaze colors can be intermixed for a larger color range.

Benefits:

• Creamy consistency for great brushability.
• Do not require a scrub coat, prep coat or thinning.
• Layer many coats without fear of flaking or shivering. You can apply up to 80 coats, which is perfect for the Mishima technique.
• 3 coats of a light shade will cover 3 coats of a dark shade and achieve opaque coverage.
• Beach Pebbles, Speckled Brown and Speckled Jade give the look of stoneware for they contain a very small fleck.
• May be used on stoneware clay body, most colors will create a wonderful creamy satin-matte finish when Hi Fired.

Product Preparation: Stir or mix well. If they are too thick, replace cap and shake vigorously. They will become creamier and thinner when shaken.

Ware Preparation: Best applied to greenware. (unfired unpainted ceramics, ok to paint on bisque)

Brush or Tool: Use the largest soft bristle brush possible for smooth, even coverage.

Application: They may be brushed, sponged, spattered, stippled, stenciled, airbrushed and many other techniques. They can be used for antiquing, design work, marbleizing, sgrafitto techniques and many more.

Firing Range: When applied to low fire earthenware the recommended firing cone is shelf cone 04. On Stoneware clay bodies the firing range is to shelf cone 4 with little or no color change, On porcelain body slip they will fire to shelf cone 7.

Packaging: 2 oz. Bottles. Can be special ordered in larger quantities.

Possible Problems:
Color does not match the chip- Usually this indicates the color was underfired.

Milky appearance- can result from underfiring or too heavy glaze application.

Peeling, chipping, shivering- can be caused by any of the following: A) Dust or grease on the surface of the ware. B) too heavy glaze application over the underglaze. C) incompatibility of the clay body with either the underglaze or the glaze, or d) polishing of the clay body before application of the underglaze.

Color deficiency- Can result from the underglaze being applied to thin. Do not apply the first coat with water. Be sure to follow label directions for proper number of coats.