APT II Porcelain/Stoneware Enhancer
APT II Porcelain/Stoneware Enhancer
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$5.75 USD
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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.