Kent Van Cleave on fri 15 mar 96
On the 13th, someone posted the following in his message:
>From about 500F to 1000F VERY noxious fumes were emitted (clearly
>dangerous to breathe, taking your breath away and burning the eyes). Luckily I
>have the kiln in my garage so I could just open the door and air things out.
>If it had been in the house these fumes would have been a MAJOR problem.
>Anyway, they dissipated and the rest of the firing went fine.
I haven't been around this stuff long, but I immediately got the idea that a
kiln had to be fired somewhere that is well ventilated, like a garage that
is open, so the toxic fumes dissapate. I got the idea that firing in the
house was a VERY bad idea. Am I wrong?
-- Kent Van Cleave
Nils Lou on fri 15 mar 96
What you are smelling is potato starch burning. I leave it to you as to
whether it is dangerous or not. Nils Lou
On Fri, 15 Mar 1996, Kent Van Cleave wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> On the 13th, someone posted the following in his message:
>
> >From about 500F to 1000F VERY noxious fumes were emitted (clearly
> >dangerous to breathe, taking your breath away and burning the eyes). Luckily
> >have the kiln in my garage so I could just open the door and air things out.
> >If it had been in the house these fumes would have been a MAJOR problem.
> >Anyway, they dissipated and the rest of the firing went fine.
>
> I haven't been around this stuff long, but I immediately got the idea that a
> kiln had to be fired somewhere that is well ventilated, like a garage that
> is open, so the toxic fumes dissapate. I got the idea that firing in the
> house was a VERY bad idea. Am I wrong?
>
> -- Kent Van Cleave
>
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