Pat Chesney on fri 30 may 97
This is a testimonial on ITC 100. I do not have any tie to the company at
all-I just want to let you all know how good this stuff is for treating
fiber.
We have a 125 cu ft., double Boury box, modified Minn. flat top kiln with a
car on tracks. The ceiling and door is made of fiber modules-6" and the
walls are lined with 6" fiber modules as well. The walls are 9" of hard
brick.
We were firing well-(8-10 hours to reach cone 12) and using about a chord
of wood. But, we were getting little bumps of ceramic on the pots. Our
glaze wares were often ruined if they were open pieces. We also didn't get
much flashing. The fiber on the ceiling was fusing and being devoured by
the wood ash.
We coated Thursday night last week and fired Friday night-Saturday
afternoon. The weather was terrible. Rained off and on-100 % humidity, wet
wood. But we fired to cone 12 in 10 hours. The unglazed pots were nicely
flashed and the glazed pots were beautiful with no ceramic bumps-we didn't
lose one piece to debris. The fiber is not touched by the wood ash, but is
all going on the pots.
We will coat again this week to get a better buildup. I am very happy.
Nils, thanks for all the good stuff you bring up. I wrote you before about
this kiln-it is doing great. The tapered car floor works well. We poured
insulating castable on the floor this firing and it made the temperature
more even on the bottom. (along with all the ITC). It seems to be feasible
to build kilns with fiber and to protect it from salt and wood with ITC. We
are going to test the salt angle too. The ITC does stop fibers from
floating in the air.
Anybody can call Alice and ask her questions-she will tell you the details.
904-285-0200
Pat Chesney
Pat-Chesney@easy.com
Waco, Texas
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