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Painting Tips and Tricks

How It Works

Discover how easy and fun it is to create your own masterpiece!

At Glow & Glaze Studio, you simply pick your pottery, choose your colours, and start painting — we’ll glaze and fire it for a beautiful, shiny finish.

01

Important Glazing Notes

  • Before painting, please wipe your pottery with the damp sponge provided at your table to remove dust or residue.
  • Please make sure your hands are clean and not oily before you begin painting.
  • For best results, apply 2–3 even coats of paint.
  • Applying too much paint may cause firing issues such as texture changes, pinholes, or glaze movement.
  • Colours will appear lighter and chalky before firing — this is completely normal.
  • Due to the kiln firing process, slight variations in colour, texture, or finish may occur and are considered normal.
  • Once finished, leave your masterpiece with us — we’ll glaze and fire it for a glossy, permanent finish.​

  • Speckle paints, squeeze bottles, and detail tools require only one thin coat.
  • Thicker application may increase the risk of firing defects.
  • Our team is happy to help if you’re unsure how much paint to use.

02

Choose Your Supplies

  • Grab your turntables, aprons, brushes, sponges, stencils, stamps, and design tools from our supply station.

  • Use one brush per colour, or rinse and dry before reusing.

  • You can sketch your design lightly with a pencil — don’t worry, the marks will burn off in the kiln.

  • Try our Speckle Paints for a fun textured look, or Squeeze Bottles for small details. (Only one thin coat is needed — thicker paint may cause firing issues.)

  • Please keep the pins inside squeeze bottles to prevent clogging.

03

Pick Your Colours

  • Choose your favourite colours from our paint bar.

  • The colour tiles show what they’ll look like after firing — they’ll appear lighter before that.

  • Each bottle matches the sample tiles.

  • Please keep the large paint bottles at the paint station.

04

Pickup & Storage 

  • Hand-painted ceramics may show natural variations after firing — this is part of the handmade process.

  • Your finished pottery will usually be ready for pickup in about 7 days.

  • All finished ceramics will be held for up to 45 days from the day of painting.

  • Please bring your sales receipt for pickup.

  • Write down all colours used on your Claim Sheet before leaving your table.

Make it. Glaze it. Love it.

Every piece you paint is one-of-a-kind — just like you! 💛

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905-955-5254

140 Mulock Dr, Unit 6&7, Newmarket, ON L3Y 7C5

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