Dan's Secret Sauce
Dan's Secret Sauce is a satin dipping bucket from The Clay Hole's Dipping Glazes line, fired cone 5½.
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Friendly studio tip for this glaze
Dip for 3 seconds. That number is not a suggestion. A second too long on a bucket glaze is a thick coat you cannot take back off.
The quick version of Dan's Secret Sauce
What this glaze does
A dark mottled surface that shifts between purple, green, blue and brown depending on thickness. The only Black Level bucket, and the least predictable one.
Clays that suit Dan's Secret Sauce
Dipped over cone 04 bisque. Every one of our clay bodies works.
Applying this glaze to your work
One dip, for the number of seconds on that glaze's page. Not two dips, and not a top up.
One dip, for the number of seconds on that glaze's page. Not two dips, and not a top up.
Layering
These are a finish rather than a base. Brush-on glazes over a dipped pot is not something to try without asking a staff member first.
These are a finish rather than a base. Brush-on glazes over a dipped pot is not something to try without asking a staff member first.
From The Clay Hole University
More info about Dan's Secret Sauce below, but first... Everything we teach about glazing, written down and taught properly. These are the glaze lessons, and they are a small corner of a library that runs from centering your first pot to selling your work.
GuideHow to Use Dipping Glazes
GuideGlaze Brushing Techniques, Coat by Coat
GuideGlazing Big and Intricate Pottery Faster
GuideGetting the Most Out of the Mega Glaze Tool
GuideMaking, Logging and Dialing in Test Tiles
GuideGlaze Problems, Causes and Fixes
GuideGlazing on the Wheel for Even Coats and Clean Bands
GuideBubble Glaze with Dish Soap
GuideMixing Your Own Glazes: What It Actually Involves
GuideMaking a Glaze Catcher
GuideOxide and Carbonate Washes
GuideWhen to Use Celadon Glazes
UnderglazeHow to Use Underglaze: Techniques, Rules and Firing
UnderglazeMishima: How to Inlay Slip and Underglaze into Carved Lines
UnderglazeWipe-Away Texture: Underglaze and Oxide Washes on Bisque
Firing Dan's Secret Sauce
Dipped over cone 04 bisque and fired in our glaze kilns at cone 5½, which is the only schedule these have ever been mixed for.
None of this is yours to manage. We handle everything on the kiln side, and every glaze on our shelves can be fired safely in our studio.
Common problems with Dan's Secret Sauce
Why is mine thick and crawling?
Too long in the bucket, or a second dip. The time on each page is the whole instruction.
Why does mine look different from the tile?
Thickness, which on a dipping glaze is entirely down to the seconds.
Food and function
Mixed here and fired here on one schedule, which is the only way we can say anything about them with confidence. Ask a staff member before using one on anything unusual.
Mixed here and fired here on one schedule, which is the only way we can say anything about them with confidence. Ask a staff member before using one on anything unusual.
Our test tile pots
This family does not have a test tile pot. The colors and results come out close enough to what the book shows that a pot would not tell you much more, so work from the printed Glaze Bible and the tile above.
More ways to pick a glaze
Membership levels that may use this glaze: Black
Not sure whether this glaze suits what you are making, or how it works with our system here? Ask an instructor. That is what we are here for, and a two minute conversation at the shelf beats a fired pot you did not want.
About these images and what your pot will actually look like
We have done our best to represent every glaze here accurately, and you should still expect your pot to look different from what is on this screen.
Our glaze tile images are digitally created. They are built to show the character of a glaze, not to be a color match.
A screen is not a printout, a printout is not a test tile, and a test tile is not a finished pot. Each step in that chain shifts what a glaze looks like, sometimes a lot.
On top of that, the pottery itself changes the result: the clay body, how thick the glaze went on, whether it was brushed, dipped or sprayed, what was layered under or over it, where the piece sat in the kiln, how hot that spot ran, how fast it cooled, what was fired next to it, and how much texture the surface had. Two pots glazed from the same jar on the same day can come out different.
Treat every image here as a starting point, and treat a test tile fired on your own clay as the real answer.