Viewing a Mix
When a mix is selected from the list Mixup shows a summary of the mix. Here you can see what the mix's ingredients are, what its analysis is (in table and graphical format), and any notes you've made. You can add to the notes, for example with information on how it looks when fired, but you can't change the makeup of the glaze in this view. To change the mix you need to tap Edit.
Here are the parts of the mix view:
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The ingredients are listed in the approximate order of how you would probably want mix the glaze in your studio, with clays first and additives last. Ingredient amounts are always by weight.
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Tags are used to keep track of mixes. Feel free to liberally use tags to mark whether the mix is a glaze, if it is tested, it is in your studio, what cone it fires to, atmosphere and so forth.
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The analysis shows the relative amounts of oxide molecules by molecule count (mols), not weight. The first column of numbers is Unity Molecular Formula, or UMF. The second column is by percentage. The only difference between the columns is that UMF scales the numbers so that the flux oxides total to one, or unity.
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The Oxide Badge shows the analysis in graphical form. The fluxes are displayed in front as a circle, with boron oxide added in the center of the flux circle. In back of the flux circle is a rectangle of the remaining oxides, with alumina first, then silica, then the rest of the oxides. If the silica to alumina ratio is 9:1 then the rectangle will be perfectly square. The dashed 45 deg line lets you see if the rectangle is out of square. A taller rectangle indicates lower silica (high alumina), and wider rectangle indicates higher silica (low alumina).
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The icon buttons in the upper left:
- Create a new version based on this mix
- Copy a text version of the mix to the clipboard
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Use notes to keep track of how this glaze performs in use. Record your batches here as you mix them and take notes on how the glaze looks when fired.
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Mix Batch brings up a simple dialog to create a batch of this mix as a multiple of the ingredient weights. You can either print the batch or save it to notes.