Jack Phillips on sat 12 oct 96
At 11:14 PM 10/11/96 EDT, you wrote:
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> I also lay a similar blanket on top of the kiln. Previous sentence
>should read ..."bottom is now almost as hot as middle."
Hi Folks,
A word of caution here, know of two instances where laying a fiber
blanket on top of an electric kiln while firing resulted in a cracked lid.
Is it worth the risk?
Jack Phillips
STONART Ceramic art
Portland, Oregon
Web site:
http://www.worldstar.com/~stonart/welcome.html
Karen Gringhuis on sun 13 oct 96
Dear Jack, - Thank you for the warning. Is putting a fiber blanket on top the k
in bottom & on top have trimmed my firing time (to C/9-10) about 2 - 3 hrs. to
approx. 15 hrs. Also w/out them, it seemed I could not have gotten C/10
over if my life depended on it. Now that's no problem. I like the looks
of the glazes from being a bit hotter.
I may be wrong but I had major cracks in the floor before I put in the
blanket & replacing the lid doesn't seem like the end of the world. I
am coming to realize the 2300F isn't good for anything but the pots &
that things will have to be replaced. The modularity of kilns sections
may have lulled me falsely.
Corinne Null on sun 13 oct 96
When I received my new kiln this summer, it arrived with a notice saying
that indeed the lid would develop a normal expansion and contraction crack,
and not to become alarmed about it. It is 3" brick, and has developed it's
crack, but it does not yet come all the way through to the top surface yet.
I wonder if it ever will?
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> A word of caution here, know of two instances where laying a fiber
>blanket on top of an electric kiln while firing resulted in a cracked lid.
>Is it worth the risk?
>
>
>Jack Phillips
>STONART Ceramic art
>Portland, Oregon
>
>Web site:
>http://www.worldstar.com/~stonart/welcome.html
>
>
Corinne Null
Bedford, NH
cnull@mv.mv.com
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