I just use encapsulated stains and silkscreen oil. I mix oil and stains to a creamy consistency suitable for screen printing.

Danny Mumbles yes you need change the ink, actually it is glass color power and you need mix with flux oil before print. sorry I don't know exactly how to tell you the name of materials because of my pool English.

Mix should be like syrup. I use silk screen oil no. 221 from Heraeus, clear, and silk screen 100 mesh.

Kathy I make decals and fire them in a kiln there are several suppliers in Australia but the one I use is Elliot ,Fay & Paul Good ( Interdec Australia Pty Ltd 53 Galway Avenue Marleston SA 5033 Phone 061 08 83714100 or fax 0883714142 I don't know if they have a website , they supply the duplex paper , ceramic glazes , glass glazes , medium oils to mix with the glazes and cover coat . the duplex paper is 200gram weight paper that has glue in one side after you print on the paper and over coat you cut out your print and stick the print into a bowl of water that melts the glue and releases the transfer . I found buying the glazes in powder form and oil medium separate then mixing them as I need them is the best way , you can buy it premixed but after storage in a bottle the glazes go hard and you need a special machine to rejuvenate it , I use a spatula and a tile to mix my glazes making sure there are no lumps in mix as it will cut your screen as you drag your squeegee across. The cover coat is like a varnish and it is used to hold your printed images together after you have released it in the water otherwise the images would separate ( ie - a name or text would separate to individual letters ) I print my print on the paper pin the dried sheets on a board and spray the cover-coat over the sheets with small spray-gun it dries almost instantly the ceramic glazes fire at 750 deg C and the glass glazes fire at around 480deg C I don't make multi colour prints as you need to make a separate screen for each colour instead I choose to hand paint my colours and refire my ceramics , that can be refired as many times as you like , The cover coat burns off at about 300deg C and doesn't leave any residue or marks I sometimes thin my cover-coat with thinners to spray and sometimes use turps in my glazes to thin ( not much) the glaze dries very quick when you try to screen it and sometimes you need to clean your screen to get a good print image

Second giring at same temp. as first, 1270 degree Celsius

Bjarne Nielsen 1270℃，i think it's for glaze. the decal normaly we chooce 780℃ , am i right?

No!

The second firering at same time and same temp. as the first. That means I can fire items with and without decals in the same kiln.

Terry Lazaroff no. the usage of it is to keep all the color and shape complete before you transfer them from paper to porcelain

Thank you for your reply, however you did not answer the question. Does the cover coat show as a raised surface^

He said "no"above. Doesn't show.

Bjarne Nielsen What is the name of the paper, paints and varnishes?

i think the point here if to make artisan product not factory made product. Yes I'm sure your factory in China can made a ton of cheap decals that are great for ceramic factories and cheesy corporate coffee cups. But some people still make handmade and the people wanting to buy handmade don't want factory decals.

can you tell me your company name? and give me your wechat number? my mail is datphu2010@gmail.com