Dremel 876 Specifications download pdf (Page 34)

Product Surface Fired Color Firing Range Uses Types of Clay Notes

Earthenware

Pottery or

Ceramic Clay

Stoneware

Not Vitreous

Not Totally

Vitreous

Usually white-to-off-

white

Buff or Gray in Color

Shelf cone 06 –10

Opaque after firing

Ornamental and

Dinnerware

pieces

Shelf cone 06-02

Opaque after firing

Ornamental and

Dinnerware

pieces

Pug Clay, Wet and

Dry Slip

Pug Clay, Wet and

Dry Slip

• Least expensive of all clays.

• Most common and easiest to use.

• Bisque must be glazed to make watertight;

earthenware is a low-fired porous body.

• Dinnerware has a greater tendency to chip and

craze than vitreous ware.

• Can be used with both fired and non-fired finishes.

• Can be used in a slip form for casting molds,

for hand-built items and for wheel throwing.

• Shrinks very little during firing.

• Fired in 5 to 7 hours

• Most hobbyist can not fire stoneware to a totally

vitreous state so food and drink containers must be

glazed.

• Stoneware is much stronger and more chip resistant

than earthenware.

• Shrinks in the firing by at least 15-20%.

• Can use a leaded glaze on surface as high degree of

heat attained combines the lead in a form that is not

released or leached out by food or drink.

• Can be used in a slip form for casting molds, for hand-

built items and for wheel throwing.

• Can also add grog to strengthen clay for larger pieces.

• Needs to be fired slowly, in no less than 10 hours.

Porcelain

Vitreous

Normally white; can

come in some colors

Shelf cone 2-10.

Some industrial

porcelains may reach

cone 30. Translucent

after firing

Dinnerware

and Fine Detail

Items

Pug Clay, Wet and

Dry Slip

• Does not need to be glazed, pieces that are to be

used for food or drink are glazed for sanitary reasons.

• When clear glazed, porcelain becomes china.

• Will shrink in the firing up to 20%.

• Needs to be fired slowly in no less than 10 hours.

CLAY

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