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The silky matte. 11% Mason 6021 encapsulated stain has been added to each. The one on the left is G2926B glossy base (it also has 2% zircopax as a fining agent for the micro-bubbles). But in the matte base on the right, G2934Y, no zircopax is necessary. It produces a stunning surface using this and other stains (including orange, yellow, black, purple), very pleasant to touch.
| Recipes | G2934Y - Cone 6 Magnesia Matte Low LOI Version The same chemistry as the widely used G2934 but the MgO is sourced from a frit and talc instead of dolomite. It has a finer surface, less cutlery marking and staining. | 
| Materials | Mason 6021 Red Stain An encapsulated red stain, it has proven better than any other red we have ever tried for glazes. And it works in bodies. | 
| Glossary | Encapsulated Stain This is a type of stain manufacture that enables the use of metal oxides (like cadmium) under temperature conditions in which they would normally fail. | 
| Glossary | Fining Agent Individual tiny bubbles in a glaze melt can coalesce around the undissolved particles of a fining agent, the growing bubble swallowing others around it and finally exiting at the surface. | 
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