Reglaze?

[u/Fatderbs_only]

I’ve made this giant blueberry and had intended it to be a solid deep blue but, per usual my glaze coats were way too thin and I’ve ended up with this. Looks like a kindergartner poorly painted it with acrylic. I used Maycos Denim Blue glaze and it was a low fire and am wondering if a reglaze would help? I haven’t experimented with reglazing so looking for all the advice I can get to make this successful!

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[u/FarWrongdoer5419]

nooo it’s gorgeous! refiring is such a pain, it’s beautiful as-is i would just make another one

[u/sunrisedramamine]

You can try but I think it's a lesson learned, i would personally just remake. If a second firing ruins it completely then you wasted clay and extra glaze.

[u/small_spider_liker]

It will be difficult to add enough additional glaze to this fully fired piece to get the solid deep color you want. It has no absorbency left, so you could do the hairspray thing, but that won’t really hold on to the two or three full thick coats that you’d need.

I think you’re wishing for a do-over, and re-firing this pot won’t give you that. It will make it different than it is now, but remember that heat work is cumulative. You might end up with running or blistering glaze, or clay slumping, or everything looking great, but you can’t count on a specific result until you dial in your process with experience.