Wood Jeanne on sun 14 jan 01
Greetings,
I'm a little late on this thread as my computer has
been down for awhile. However, thank Rick you & others
on the list who wrote about high humidity drying! Also
looked it up in Harry Fraser's Book. I was surprised
by the concept as it seems anti-intuitive at first.
I recently tried it out with a handbuilt series I've
made previously & had difficulty with cracking due to
the unusual shape. I dried several pieces in a warm
high humidity atmosphere (my bathroom with the clothes
drier running :-)) and the rest at normal room
temperature. I was delighted with the pots dried in
high humidity pots' more even & rapid drying.
It still amazes me, but thanks again.
Sincerely,
Jeanne W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "rickmahaffey"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 2:57 AM
> Subject: Speed drying
>
>
> > Happy Holidays to All,
> >
> > To dry pots quickly you need high temp and high
> HUMIDITY (this is what
> > they do in industry). Any small container that
> will retain the humidity
> > coming off the pots will work. David Keyes at
> Pacific Lutheran
> > University in Tacoma has made a hot box from an
> old aluminum food
> > service cart with doors. He has a small electric
> space heater in it and
> > no vents. I have placed pots fresh off the wheel
> in it and they were
> > ready to trim in about 30 minutes. After trimming
> they were completely
> > dry in about 90 minutes.
> >
> > We also have placed very wet pots in a bisque
> firing and kept the lid
> > closed and all spy holes plugged over night with
> one element on low with
> > good results.
> >
> > Of course, your mileage may vary.
> >
> > Rick Mahaffey
> > Tacoma Community College
> > Tacoma WA, USA
>
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