Mayco glazes: Stroke & Coat, Stoneware and more

What does Mayco make?

Mayco glazes are all this brand sells in our catalogue, and the line is broad. Stroke & Coat is a low-fire brushing glaze that the listing says goes on wet clay, greenware or bisque and fires glossy without a clear coat. Mayco Stoneware covers cone 5/6 and up, while Jungle Gems and Elements add crystal and textured effects for decorative pieces.

Which Mayco product lines are in our catalogue?

• Stroke & Coat: Kit #1 (12 × 2 oz, food- and dinnerware-safe when fired according to directions), Set B (12 pints, dinnerware safe, lead and cadmium free, AP Certified) and single pints such as SC-15 Tuxedo.
• Stoneware: Stoneware Glaze Kit #4 (6 pints, cone 5/6–10), Classic Birch (cone 5–6), White Matte and Crystal Celadon Bloom pints.
• Jungle Gems: crystal glaze set #2 (fire to cone 06, do not use for dinnerware) and Blue Azure pint.
• Elements: 12 × 4 oz set, cone 06/05, semi-opaque with crystals.
• Foundations FN-001 White Opaque Gloss (cone 06/05–6) and Fundamentals underglaze class pack (12 pints, cone 06–10).
• Wax resist, pint.

How does Mayco compare with other brands?

Against AMACO, Mayco's strength is the low-fire, classroom-friendly Stroke & Coat with written dinnerware wording; AMACO leans on reactive mid-fire Potter's Choice. Penguin Pottery offers smaller cone 5–6 sets, and Sax lists dinnerware-suitable low-fire gloss pints. The Creative Hobbies Stroke & Coat kit in our catalogue is sold under another brand name; compare its listing separately.

Keep decorative lines like Jungle Gems off food surfaces, as Mayco's own label says.

Where does Mayco appear on Clay at Home?

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