judy motzkin on mon 7 feb 00
Dana Henson
Subject:
Pit firing
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Looked through the archives and found only a brief
reference to my
dilemma---how can you pit fire without getting the black
residue on the pieces?
The post that I found said that this never happened if
they used leaves instead
of sawdust.
I keep seeing pictures of beautiful pit-fired work that
is smooth all over,
without the residue. How are the experts doing it? Is
the answer using leaves
instead of sawdust? Would greatly appreciate input!
Dana Henson
Denton, TX
Dana,
What kind of sawdust are you using? The more resinous
woods, like pine, will leave a creosote residue at lov\w
temps. Try hardwood.
Judy
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Hank Murrow on tue 8 feb 00
>Looked through the archives and found only a brief
>reference to my
>dilemma---how can you pit fire without getting the black
>residue on the pieces?
>The post that I found said that this never happened if
>they used leaves instead
>of sawdust.
>I keep seeing pictures of beautiful pit-fired work that
>is smooth all over,
>without the residue. How are the experts doing it? Is
>the answer using leaves
>instead of sawdust? Would greatly appreciate input! Dana Henson
Dear Dana; If your pitfire setup has air channels built into the stacking,
you will get less blackening, and more pink/orange effects due to
oxidation. You could use wood chips instead of sawdust to open up natural
air pathways to the ware. Some have used paper mailing tubes buried in the
pots/sawdust to create air channels. Try one of these methods and report
back.
Good Luck, Hank in Eugene
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