Glass Tips from Verrier

Muriatic acid is a common name for hydrochloric acid.      Let’s look at what is being cleaned off first. The main components of kiln wash...

Causes and avoidance   Photo credit: Immerman Glass  In general, kiln wash for glass is made up of aluminium hydrate with kaolin (China ...

I do not know the exact chemical changes of kiln wash at fusing temperatures.  But I do suspect it has to do with the kaolin.  The aluminium...

Glass separators tend to be in three forms – powdered, liquid  or  fibre . These are applied to shelves, moulds and other surfaces that m...