Principles Varying Fluxes 1: Limestone (Calcium) Glazes — Portal. Using Grid tiles to illustrate the role of the flux Calcium oxide (CaO) in glazes. ... because of the benefits it imparts, including making the glazes more stable, ... oxide will (as with any ceramic materials) eventually have the opposite effect, so that ... but to get it to melt in this case we have to increase either/or ...