How to Fix Pinholes in Your Pottery Glaze? — Spinning Pots

Though it seems easy, glazing can often be more frustrating than you can ever imagine. While glazing, you might face problems like pinholes that appear on the pottery body. Pinholes mostly come out as small holes, which are not much larger than the head or tip of a pin. Most of the time, pinhole potteries lead to a faulty result that destroys the entire appearance of the piece.

Not only do beginners face this issue, but sometimes experienced potters also face this problem because of their mistakes in the glazing process. So, if you are thinking of how to get rid of such glazing-related issues, then you are here at the right place.

In this article, we are going to talk about how easily you can fix all those glazing problems that lead to pinhole formation on the pottery surface. But before that, you must have a good idea about what are pinholes and the reasons behind their formation. So let’s start with it, without buzzing around anymore.

What are pinholes?

Pinholes refer to the small holes usually found on the pottery surface after glaze firing that most of the time penetrate down through…