How to Glaze

• Wax the foot and any parts of the clay that touches other clay parts. An example of this when the lid touches the container.
• The wax 
• must not be smoking. 
• The fumes are toxic. 
• The wax temperature should be  kept on warm. 
• Turn on the vents and replace the lid when you are done waxing.
• should never be applied to the foot after glazing, but can be applied to the sides of a vessel to create a design with a second glaze.
• Give the clay piece a sponge bath right before glazing to clean the surface and help prevent pinholes in the glaze. A brush can be used to dab glaze into the pinholes if they form.
• The glaze 
• mix it very well every time.
• Use the finger test to make sure the glaze is not to thick or thin.
• You should see the lines in your knuckle and the outline of your nail, if the thickness is correct.
• Use the nail test to check the thickness just after the glaze is no longer glossy.
• Use dipping tongs to help hold the piece when you dip glaze.
• The longer the piece is in the glaze the thicker the glaze will be
• Use your finger to smooth the dipping tong marks.
• When using a brush, you must apply 3 coats of the color.
• The sprayer
• can be used to apply a single color, but thickness is hard to judge.
• can be used to apply a 2nd color very well.
• excess glaze must be poured back into the correct bucket.
• Pouring 
• an easy way to glaze the interior of a vessel.
• can be used to glaze the outside of a large vessel, when the vessel is balanced over the bucket on sticks.
• Glaze
• can be touched with bare hands.
• must be wash off you hands very well.
• can stain clothes.
• must not be put on kiln shelves.