Sue Hintz on tue 14 may 96
I am setting up my studio in my house and have a few questions
for the veterians.
My first concern is ventilation for my kiln. I would like to
put a hood in over my elec. kiln. It has been suggested to me the
following: Buy an oven exhaust and pipe it outside. I thought
that I may need to extend the hood with a longer tin like roof.
Does this sound like it would be effective? Any suggestions?
My second question has to do with Mason stains. Are there certain
Mason stains, besides the ones with lead, that I should not use
for pieces that will have food in them? I am particularly looking
at Maroons and Oranges.
I just joined the listserv and have learned a great deal in
this first week. What a wealth of knowledge! Thanks!
Sue
Pamela Nowell on fri 17 may 96
Sue,
It is soooo exciting setting up a new studio. On your first question I
really am not expert enough to answer but it would seem to me as long as you
have enough forced are movement and the joints are sealed then you are fine.
The trick is to know what that will take.
To the second concern, there is no lead used in mason stains. Mason Color
Works, Inc. puts out a sheet on all of the stains. It includes what
chemicals are in each color as well as a color chart of all of the stains,
plus a few interesting facts you may be interested in as well. There address
is P.O. Box 77 250 East Second Street Liverpool, OH 43920. The phone is
216-385-4400. It will also make a difference as to what cone you are firing
to. Some of the stains will fire out at higher temps, and others depend on
what ingredients you use. Good luck and have a blast.
Pam
At 02:26 PM 5/14/96 EDT, Sue Hintz wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am setting up my studio in my house and have a few questions
>for the veterians.
>
>My first concern is ventilation for my kiln. I would like to
>put a hood in over my elec. kiln. It has been suggested to me the
>following: Buy an oven exhaust and pipe it outside. I thought
>that I may need to extend the hood with a longer tin like roof.
>Does this sound like it would be effective? Any suggestions?
>
>My second question has to do with Mason stains. Are there certain
>Mason stains, besides the ones with lead, that I should not use
>for pieces that will have food in them? I am particularly looking
>at Maroons and Oranges.
>
>I just joined the listserv and have learned a great deal in
>this first week. What a wealth of knowledge! Thanks!
>
>Sue
>
>
Pamela Nowell
Mudworks Pottery
Amherst, NH
pam@nowell.mv.com
If you smile at people, they usually smile back.
Starbuilders on sat 18 may 96
Dear Sue,
I use an Orton KilnVent (floor model) which pulls the air out through a
peephole. It works really well. I can even fire lusters without any odor
in the house. I hooked it up to a dryer vent, punched a hole in the wall
and plastered it back up around the dryer vent. It was pretty easy. You
might want to check out their stuff before you decide on a vent system.
On Tue, 14 May 1996, Sue Hintz wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am setting up my studio in my house and have a few questions
> for the veterians.
>
> My first concern is ventilation for my kiln. I would like to
> put a hood in over my elec. kiln. It has been suggested to me the
> following: Buy an oven exhaust and pipe it outside. I thought
> that I may need to extend the hood with a longer tin like roof.
> Does this sound like it would be effective? Any suggestions?
>
> My second question has to do with Mason stains. Are there certain
> Mason stains, besides the ones with lead, that I should not use
> for pieces that will have food in them? I am particularly looking
> at Maroons and Oranges.
>
> I just joined the listserv and have learned a great deal in
> this first week. What a wealth of knowledge! Thanks!
>
> Sue
>
We are one!
Evin Almana "God is good."
Starbuilders
Erin Hayes on tue 21 may 96
Ditto to the reply to Sue about kiln ventilation. We have two KilnVents
in the clay studio wher e I work and they're great. They are best
because no fumes actually go into the studio like they do with an
overhead vent. As long as you have adequate make-up air they are
wonderful. Also, you must be careful not to stack glazeloads too close
to the intake air holes, because the air movement can cause very small
cold spots. A small price to pay, considering...
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Erin Hayes, Art and Humanities Instructor Office: (509) 575-2418
Yakima Valley Community College E-mail: ehayes@ctc.edu
PO Box 1647
Yakima, WA 98907 "Clay is Good."
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