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oops! glaze firing temp, schedule, clay body

updated mon 19 mar 01

 

Cindy Strnad on sun 18 mar 01


Okay, here it is again for those of you who missed it, plus a few more
things I should have mentioned:

First, the new info: I fired in oxidation, to cone 5-6 (kind of 5 1/2), on a
brown clay body. Now, my earlier post in case it slipped by you, and you'd
like to read it:

Oops!

Sorry, guys. I forgot to post the cone temperature with these Opal Blue
glazes. All the glazes I posted were fired as follows:

300 degrees F/hr to 2100 F
100 degrees F/hr to 2200 F
Soak 45 minutes: Cone 6 half-way bent
Cool naturally to 1800 F, hold for 1 hr.
Cool at 100 F/hr to 800 F
Cool naturally

Opal Blue doesn't require the cooling cycle, but I expected some of the
other glazes to need it.




Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
http://www.earthenvesselssd.com