vis2 on tue 6 mar 01
Hiya Marianne Bornet.
I do sagger firings in my electric kiln for the past 4 years.Even before =
that in college I did all my sagger firings in the electric kilns. My =
firings did not cause problems to the elements.I use ordinery flower =
pots as my saggers.It works perfect for me.I go up to 700 *c.What I =
found out was that if I make saggers myself after 1st or the 2nd firings =
it has massive cracks.Normal terracotta flower pots keeps going. I do a =
smoke firing using sawdust.My kiln is in a small room build in my work =
room.Above the kiln I have a big extracter fan that takes all the smoke =
out .The inside of the kiln is very clean even though some times it is =
smoking away.
Good luck with your sagger firing.
Amrita. =20
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