Joyce Lee, Jim Lee on fri 7 nov 97
Weird question 5,698:
If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture? Does anybody
do this?
Joyce
Affectionate toward Clayarters in the Mojave. Love clay. Love Clayart.
Jack Troy on sat 8 nov 97
>>>>>Weird question 5,698:
If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture? Does anybody
do this?<<<<<
Well, if it occurs to them, they ought to.
Honor your hunches; get off your haunches.
Jack Troy
Robert Compton on sun 9 nov 97
Joyce adding that small amount of wood ( sawdust ) to a salt firing will
not give you more wood effect, but it does have some other benifites,
the longer flame ,created with the introduciton of wood as a secondary
fuel ,tends to carry the sodium vapors in a different way than just the
gas alone. You may find you get a better salting this way.
I fire both a gas fired salt kiln and a two chamnbered
wood fired noborigama, the second chamber of which is salt glazed. I
believe that the effect of salt in the second chamber overwhelms the
wood effect. Even light salting can give the feel of wood flashing, that
is why I built a gas fired salt kiln. I get the effect without all the
work of wood firing. I still do about 5 wood firings each year, but now
have the option of doing salt without the work of wood and get very good
results. I might add I am a heavy salter, about 60 lbs in a 40 cu ft
kiln. Anyway I think you will like the salt effect of adding the wood to
your gas kiln.
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Weird question 5,698:
>
> If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
> I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
> through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture? Does anybody
> do this?
>
> Joyce
> Affectionate toward Clayarters in the Mojave. Love clay. Love Clayart.
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Grimmer on sun 9 nov 97
Hi,
Jay Lacotoure at Salve Regina University mixes soda ash or salt with fine
sawdust and blows the mix into the kiln with a vacuum cleaner blower.
Noisy, but quite effective. You need lots of sawdust, applied over a
period of time.
steve grimmer
marion illinois
cloudy since monday
Jack Troy wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >>>>>Weird question 5,698:
> If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
> I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
> through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture? Does anybody
> do this?<<<<<
> Well, if it occurs to them, they ought to.
> Honor your hunches; get off your haunches.
> Jack Troy
Ron or Sue Corl on mon 10 nov 97
> >>>>>Weird question 5,698:
> If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
> I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
> through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture? Does anybody
> do this?<<<<<
>From my experience with Anagama wood firing, the flashing results from
increased flame speed in tight areas and ash build up. You wouldn't get
this by addind some sawdust. But something else could happen! COOL!
Ron Corl
Big Baby Head Studio
KarateHiro on thu 20 nov 97
>If I were firing salt/soda (or just reduction, for that matter), could
>I get somewhat of a wood-fire effect by inserting packets of sawdust
>through the side ports along with the salt/soda mixture?
The moment you open the kiln, the temperature could go down as much as cone 2,
depending on how things are set up. That negates anything you try. HM
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