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porcelain ornaments not drying flat

updated thu 29 jul 99

 

David Hendley on tue 27 jul 99

Have you glaze fired any of the slightly curved ornaments?
If they are true porcelain and are 1/8" thick, I bet they will
end up flat even if slighly curved going into the kiln.
Try this first - you might not have a problem, afterall.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas




At 04:26 PM 7/24/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Frustration is setting in. I am rolling out porcelain to a fairly thin
>thickness (around 1/8 inch) and lightly drawing into the porcelain christmas
>related items. I then roll lightly over them again to make sure they are
flat.
>I dry them between newspaper then homasote (like drywall) which works fine
for
>my tiles. This is the third morning in a row where they seem to be drying
>slight curved inwards. Naturally I want these to lie flat. Anyone have any
>clues? They certainly start out that way. Help, I really need to get this
>underway.
>
>Thanks
>Diane
>sunny (will it ever rain) massachusetts
>

Sharon R Pemberton on wed 28 jul 99

I will try this one more time................... flip, remove rolling cloth,
roll lightly, then score and cut. It is the memory thing