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STA Decorating Slip

This document provides a recipe for an STA decorating slip that can adhere to ceramic pieces at all firing temperatures. The slip consists of 25% each of EPK, ball clay, flint, and Cornwall stone, 12.5% each of nepheline syenite and potash feldspar, plus 2.5% Zircopax and 2.5% frit 3195. It also lists recipes for different colored slips using ceramic oxides. A saturated iron slip containing 25% red iron oxide is recommended for thin applications on greenware to achieve iron colors through the glaze.

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STA Decorating Slip

This document provides a recipe for an STA decorating slip that can adhere to ceramic pieces at all firing temperatures. The slip consists of 25% each of EPK, ball clay, flint, and Cornwall stone, 12.5% each of nepheline syenite and potash feldspar, plus 2.5% Zircopax and 2.5% frit 3195. It also lists recipes for different colored slips using ceramic oxides. A saturated iron slip containing 25% red iron oxide is recommended for thin applications on greenware to achieve iron colors through the glaze.

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Tennessee Technological University - Appalachian Center for Crafts - Clay Studio

Vince Pitelka, 2015


STA Decorating Slip

There are abundant recipes for general-purpose decorating slips, and a popular notion holds that any
white porcelain claybody thinned to a slip will work as a base slip for decorating. The caveat is that it
depends on the claybody being decorated, the type of application, and the colorants added. For many
years we have used recipe that claims to work at all temperatures, but in fact has often been problematic
at all temperatures. The recipe below was provided by Shasta Krueger and is used widely at Utah State
with good results. It’s called STA Slip, which stands for “stick to anything.” A ubiquitous high-fire
porcelain claybody recipe contains equal parts kaolin, ball clay, potash feldspar, and flint, and that’s
exactly what this recipe is with a few minor changes. The 2.5% Zircopax helps to give opacity. The
substitution of 12.5% nepheline syenite for half of the potash feldspar and the addition of 2.5% 3195 frit
should help adhesion at all temperatures.

STA (stick to anything) Decorating Slip


Applied to greenware or thinly to bisqueware
EPK - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
Ball Clay - - - - - - - - - - 25
Flint - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25
Cornwall Stone - - - - - 12.5
Neph Sy - - - - - - - - - - 12.5
Total - - - - - - - - - - - - 100.0
Plus -
Zircopax – 2.5%
Frit 3195 – 2.5%

Slip Colors from Ceramic Oxides (percentage of dry materials weight)


Tan/Gray - - - - - - - - - - 5% Rutile
Light Green - - - - - - - - 1% Chrome Oxide
Medium Green - - - - - - 4% Chrome Oxide
Dark Green - - - - - - - - - 7% Chrome Oxide
Light Blue-Green - - - - - 1% Chrome Oxide, 1/2% Cobalt Carbonate
Dark Blue-Green - - - - - 4% Chrome Oxide, 3% Cobalt Carbonate
Sky-Blue - - - - - - - - - - 1/2% Cobalt Carbonate
Medium Blue - - - - - - - - 2% Cobalt Carbonate
Dark Blue - - - - - - - - - - 5% Cobalt Carbonate
Light Brown - - - - - - - - 3% Red Iron Oxide
Medium Brown - - - - - - 6% Red Iron Oxide
Dark Brown - - - - - - - - 9% Red Iron Oxide
Black - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8% Black Iron Oxide, 5% Manganese Dioxide, 5% Black Cobalt Oxide
*Saturated Iron - - - - - - 25% Red Iron Oxide (thin applications only – see below)
*The saturated iron slip is specifically intended for thin applications on greenware where you want the
iron color to come through the glaze. A good example is on white shinos, where this iron slip will come
through as a red-brown or brown color. Also, when you want to achieve brush-painted iron brown marks
or banding on a glaze, it is better to do the brushwork with saturated iron slip on greenware rather than
iron oxide wash on the raw glaze. If applied under the glaze on bisqueware, iron oxide wash can cause
glaze-crawling. Overglaze, fresh iron oxide brushwork is so easily smeared while handling the ware
before firing. Using the saturated iron slip on greenware eliminates both problems.

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