Potterycrafts Transfer Making Unical Paper

Unical paper gummed for transfer making.

How to use:

Draw or paint your design onto the unical paper, when complete apply Cover coat (P4254) over the whole area, allow to dry. Then soak the paper in water and slide the design off the paper and apply to the article to be decorated.

Tips for on-glaze painting:

Cadmium reds and yellow: These warm colours need to be applied more thickly and fired at a slightly lower temperature, to 790C (maximum), with little or no soak. This method is most relevant to P4288 Golden yellow.

Transparent colours:

Any on-glaze or glass paint can be made transparent by the addition of clear flux.
Products available from Potterycrafts are:
R5925 - Mixing flux for low sol colours
R5926 -Mixing flux for low sol colours, suitable for use with cadmium colours
R5625 - Mixing flux for leadless colours
R5930 - Mixing flux for glass colours (high temperature)
R5948 - Mixing flux for glass colours (medium temperature)
These fluxes can also be used as a protective layer over on-glaze decoration to give extra durability.

Outlines:

Outlines for designs can be traced or drawn freehand using a soft pencil or fine marker pen. For a more permanent result, a pale brown or grey on-glaze colour can be used with a fine brush or pen. This can then be fired to give an outline which will not be lost after the first firing.
Outlines are best done on ware that has been de-greased with turpentine and dried.

Matt colours:

On-glaze colours can be matted down with the addition of a matting agent such as zinc oxide. This should be mixed at approximately two parts colours to one part matting agent.
Metals and lustres:
When working with any metals or lustres, we recommend you use a brush dedicated to those products. Do not wash your brush with soap and water, as this may cause faults on your next application. Rinse used brushes in the appropriate essence and then wrap the bristle in aluminium foil. If necessary, soften your brush with essence before working
For details of brushes available from Potterycrafts, please refer to our tools, sponges, and brush section.

On-Glaze Colours:

Potterycrafts on-glaze colours fall into 3 categories
LEADED - (low sol) based on lead frits
LEADLESS - may contain up to 0.5% of lead (usually from the stain manufacturer), not enough to give lead release
LEADFREE - contains no lead whatsoever

Remember in all cases it is your responsibility to have the finished ware tested by a competent organisation.

• Quantity - 25 sheets per pack
• Sheet size - 35cm x 50cm