APT II Porcelain/Stoneware Enhancer

Porcelain/Stoneware Enhancer from APT-II is used to thicken all brands of slip and clay bodies.

• It can be used to attach, mend and create surface decorations.
• It adheres to greenware, bisque, and glaze-fired surfaces.
• It is non-toxic, food safe, and will not produce odors or acid fumes in the kiln.
• Once applied, it will bond immediately.
• It dries to the same softness and color as the mended area.
• Once applied, the mended area will not shrink or leave a stress crack.
• This product has a nearly infinite shelf life.
• Protect from freezing.

Tips for use:

• ¬†Pour fresh slip into container and add APT-II Ceramic Enhancer into slip until it begins to thicken to the consistency of cake batter.
• If mixture is too thick, add slip, not water. Water may cause it to to shrink.
• The mixture of slip and Ceramic Enhancer may be stored in in airtight container for several days in an airtight container.
• If the mixture is exposed to open air, it will dry and become greenware in the container.
• Mixture cleans with water.
• Mended area may be cleaned immediately after application.
• For wet, dry, or stress-cracked greenware, press pieces together to bond, then clean the excess and let dry. Fire normally.
• For bisque repair, thicken slip with Enhancer until it becomes a clay mixture; Shape mixture into a pencil; China Fire pencil into a cone 018; Crush pencil into a powder and make a paste by adding more Enhancer; apply Enhancer to cracked area, but do not let dry; apply paste mixture to cracked areas; clean excess, let dry, and fire to a bisque firing.
• Also good for decorating, lace draping, modeling clay, re-glazing, airbrushing, applying decals, and carving on dry greenware.