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Product Materials Explained
Our garden products are made from a variety of materials. For the occasion that you may not know what an item's description means, we have provided for you here a glossary explaining each of the materials.
Alabastrite Alabastrite is a polyresin and stone-based material which can be intricately molded producing great detail, and will allow paint to adhere. Our collection of Alabastrite items are sealed and ready for use inside or outdoors.
Bone China White clay with bone ash added. Bone ash content must be at least 25% by U. S. guidelines. Fired at 1800 degrees. The translucent material is finished with a glaze or underglaze (matte). Lighter, stronger, more expensive than porcelain.
Dolomite
Porcelain Fine ground white clay, molded and fired in an oven for eight hours at 1200 degrees. Finished with a glazed, underglazed, or "bisque" finish. Glazing produces a high gloss; underglaze produces a matte finish. Bisque is a matte finish without glaze. After finishing, the item is "cooked" for six hours at 800 degrees. Jade Porcelain Jade porcelain is a type of porcelain made with a finer clay. Usually no glaze or only a colorless glaze will be applied at the final firing to show off the very smooth surface and to preserve the translucency. Jade Porcelain is used for night lights because of its high degree of translucency when lit.
Stoneware White clay with fine ground stone. Working with stoneware demands great expertise, and is in fact becoming a lost art. Stoneware is safe to use in microwave and conventional ovens.
Patchwork Items Unique fabric or paper prints are applied to the surface of porcelain, dolomite or polyresin items. After application, 12 layers of lacquer are added and the item is hand polished to a high gloss between each layer.
Hong Tze
Frosted Acrylic
Gypsum Gypsum is a white mineral which is usually used to make Plaster of Paris. |
Note: All prices in US Dollars
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