Mayco Light Flux

SW-401

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Mayco Light Flux is a glossy flux from Mayco's Flux line, fired cone 5 to cone 6.

GlossyOpaqueCone 5/6
Available at The Clay HoleNot stocked You are welcome to bring your own.
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Flux family

Friendly studio tip for this glaze

Mayco groups its fluxes with the Stoneware Specialty glazes. We file it with the fluxes because that is what it does on a pot.

The quick version of Mayco Light Flux

TypeFlux
FinishGlossy
OpacityOpaque
Shows textureNot especially
Glaze fire toCone 5/6
Bisque toCone 04

What this glaze does

Made by Mayco. A flux is a running glaze: put it above another color and it melts down through it, blending as it goes.

Our sheet records it as red, brown, cream. What you actually get depends on what it ran through on the way down.

Applying this glaze to your work

A flux runs, so where you stop it matters more than how thickly you brush it. Keep it well up from the foot and expect it to travel further than you think.

Most people use a flux as a band near the rim and let gravity do the rest.

Across the Flux line

A flux runs, so where you stop it matters more than how thickly you brush it. Keep it well up from the foot and expect it to travel further than you think.

Most people use a flux as a band near the rim and let gravity do the rest.

From The Clay Hole University

More info about Mayco Light Flux 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.

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Common problems with Mayco Light Flux

Why does it look like nothing on its own?

A flux is not a color. Mayco says these were made to be used in combination with other mid-range glazes, to produce movement and bring out hidden colors.

Why did it run onto the shelf?

Because that is the job. Keep it well up from the foot, expect it to travel further than you think, and ask an instructor before firing one.

Where should I put it?

Most people brush a band near the rim, above a color they want moved, and let gravity do the rest.

Food and function

A flux is a moving glaze, so the finished surface depends entirely on what it ran through and where it settled. Test your own finished ware before using a piece for food.

Because these run, they need a shelf protected from drips. Ask an instructor before firing one.

Across the Flux line

A flux is a moving glaze, so the finished surface depends entirely on what it ran through and where it settled. Test your own finished ware before using a piece for food.

Because these run, they need a shelf protected from drips. Ask an instructor before firing one.

Test tile pots lined up on the glaze shelves at The Clay Hole

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

The Mega Glaze Tool Every glaze we carry, filtered by level, color, sheen and more. The Glaze Finder Type a name and see exactly where it sits on our wall. Clay Hole University Glazing lessons, from brushing to dipping to layering. Download the PDF The whole printed Bible, in one file.

Membership levels that may use this glaze: Buy your own

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.

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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.

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