| Ceramic decals have been used for decades to | | | | add colored oxides to drying solvents and binders |
| enhance the value of ceramic products. Hand | | | | to form an ink. Low-melting frits may be |
| painting using colored glazes (enamels) is more | | | | incorporated in the inks to assure that the decal |
| expensive and the production rates are much | | | | will sink into the glaze on firing. The colors are |
| slower. However, the ware may be more valuble | | | | printed or silk screened each color individually onto |
| than decaled ware.Decals can be produced by silk | | | | a special decal paper. A cover coat is applied to |
| screening or by lithography, the former being | | | | the printed decal sheet before the final drying of |
| more expensive. Silk screening allows heavier | | | | the decal sheets.Go to to learn the actual details |
| color deposition.The process to make a decal is to | | | | of the process. |