Paul Haigh on wed 10 sep 08
Fired the wood kiln this past weekend and added 6# of baking soda via dumping on the wood and in soda burritos through the sidestoke port. This is a 40 cu ft + kiln, and I was surprised at how much soda effect there was: http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o292/spankensteinNH/?action=view¤t=IMG_0667.jpg
This was the first time I had added soda- and I did it at the prodding of these youngin art students that were in on the firing.
The soda effect wasn't even throughout the kiln- some pieces got BLASTED, as I didn't shut the damper enough to let the vapors mingle- they got pulled right through the stacks and nailed the pots from one side. Big nifty crystals on lots of pots.
My questions are- there's a lot of soda glazing on one hardbrick interior wall, in the throat area, and a puddle on the floor.
Should I grind this off the wall ITC that I could coat with?
In the future I may add a pot to drop the burrito into. I liked the effect of the one-sided blasting, would I get a similar effect if I sprayed?
What is the lowest-impact way (lowest effect on my kiln) to add soda?
Pics of this last firing: http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o292/spankensteinNH/firing/
Pics of last night's unloading, my dogs, me with a blowup doll, etc.: http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o292/spankensteinNH/
Thanks!
Paul Haigh
Londonderry, NH
Lee Love on wed 10 sep 08
Hi Paul,
You can keep soda off the ground by introducing it as a solution.
I like to use a weed sprayer.
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William & Susan Schran User on thu 11 sep 08
On 9/10/08 2:01 PM, "Lee Love" wrote:
> You can keep soda off the ground by introducing it as a solution.
> I like to use a weed sprayer.
For anybody using Advancer shelves - DO NOT spray any water based
solution in your kiln! Have a guy where I did workshop with kiln using
Advancer shelves where he sprayed soda solution - broke several of the
shelves.
Bill
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Lee Love on thu 11 sep 08
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:36 AM, William & Susan Schran User
wrote:
> On 9/10/08 2:01 PM, "Lee Love" wrote:
>
>> You can keep soda off the ground by introducing it as a solution.
>> I like to use a weed sprayer.
>
> For anybody using Advancer shelves - DO NOT spray any water based
> solution in your kiln! Have a guy where I did workshop with kiln using
> Advancer shelves where he sprayed soda solution - broke several of the
> shelves.
How many folks used Advancers in a salt/soda kiln? Or a
woodkiln? I am Curious. Sounds like the wrong shelves for these
uses.
The more you hear about them, the less desirable they sound.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://heartclay.blogspot.com/
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." --Rumi
William & Susan Schran User on thu 11 sep 08
On 9/11/08 9:40 AM, "Lee Love" wrote:
> How many folks used Advancers in a salt/soda kiln? Or a
> woodkiln? I am Curious. Sounds like the wrong shelves for these
> uses.
Lee, I agree.
If I had salt/soda/wood kiln I would not use them.
Smith-Sharpe says they are ok for those uses.
BUT, the caveat, they must not be used in area of kiln where there is flame
impingement or a water/soda solution is used.
They advise their Crystolon shelves for that application.
Bill
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wschran@nvcc.edu
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June on thu 11 sep 08
His shelves may have been wet to begin with. I spray with advancers and have had no problems; but my kilns are stored properly and my kiln is fired slowly with an overnight candling.
Regards,
June
http://www.shambhalapottery.com
http://shambhalapottery.blogspot.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sodasaltfiring/
----- Original Message ----
From: William & Susan Schran User
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:36:21 AM
Subject: Re: A little soda...
On 9/10/08 2:01 PM, "Lee Love" wrote:
> You can keep soda off the ground by introducing it as a solution.
> I like to use a weed sprayer.
For anybody using Advancer shelves - DO NOT spray any water based
solution in your kiln! Have a guy where I did workshop with kiln using
Advancer shelves where he sprayed soda solution - broke several of the
shelves.
Bill
--
William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
Lee Love on thu 11 sep 08
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 9:21 AM, William & Susan Schran User
wrote:
> Lee, I agree.
> If I had salt/soda/wood kiln I would not use them.
> Smith-Sharpe says they are ok for those uses.
> BUT, the caveat, they must not be used in area of kiln where there is flame
> impingement or a water/soda solution is used.
>
Also, it should be noted, that when you mist soda solution into a kiln
with a mister, the way I do, moisture never touches the shelves. It
turns immediately into steam. That is way you get less buildup on
the shelves and fireboxes.
--
Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://heartclay.blogspot.com/
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
http://claycraft.blogspot.com/
"Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground." --Rumi
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