gary navarre on thu 29 dec 11
Maybe I should have asked for advice from some of you fi=3D
Hey Folks,=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0Maybe I should have asked for advice from some of =
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rst but I didn't and went ahead and ordered enough 1" 2300F 8lb. ceramic fi=
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ber blanket to cover my kiln chamber, about 88sq.ft.. After the first firin=
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g one of the first suggestions I gotfor improvement ideas was cover it with=
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6"-10" of fire clay, straw, sand, & Portland cement. I've shipped 300lbs. =
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of studio clay from Continental for a hundred bucks and my local fire clay =
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source cost more now so I couldn't see spending more shipping clay that wou=
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ld be difficult to recycle if the kiln were moved. I decided instead to see=
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if I could fire without the extra shell with some, but not enough, success=
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. The first 2' of chamber wall and the door is 9" of hard brick, the rest o=
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f the wall is 4.5" hard brick, 1" ceramic fiber blanket ( forgot the heat r=
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ating), and 2.5" IFB. After a couple days firing it was obvious the hard br=
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ick around the base was giving off too much heat and the IFB was a bit hott=
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er than I
predicted. Therefore, instead of spending about $500 on materials that wou=
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ldeventuallybecome wasted I got the blanket so I can roll it back up and ta=
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ke it with me when I move. I can probably cover the blanket with the greenh=
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ouse plastic to protect during the firing without it melting, maybe. Since =
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it's cold out working around the kiln shouldn't be too uncomfortable. =3D0A=
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=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0So, what do you think of this improvement as an intuitive so=
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to a problem that was baffling me? Thanks and stay in there eh.=3D0A=3D0A=
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=3D0AGary Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, M=
ichigan,=3D
USA=3D0Ahttp://www.NavarrePottery.etsy.com=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/Gind=
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