Wade Blocker on tue 22 may 01
Carole,
Who is the respected friend of yours? He has no idea of what he is
talking about. For 30 years I have fired, both bisque and glaze firings of
brown and white stoneware in an electric kiln, I have used iron saturated
glazes, and my kiln has not suffered in any way. Mia in ABQ
Kurt Wild on tue 22 may 01
>A very respected clay artist warned me that I should not bisque =
>stoneware in the electric kiln. He said the iron was bad for the kiln.
Baloney! I've bisqued in my electric kiln 100's of times over 40 years and
replaced the elements only once.
Kurt
Carole Fox on tue 22 may 01
Dear friends,
A very respected clay artist warned me that I should not bisque =
stoneware in the electric kiln. He said the iron was bad for the kiln.
But jeez... just about everyone I know making stoneware bisques =
electric. Is the damage so minimal that it is relatively =
inconsequential?
Inquiring minds want to know...
Carole Fox
Elkton, MD
cfox@dca.net
Chris Clarke on wed 23 may 01
I bisque in an electric kiln, I fired to midrange stoneware temps too. I
have no idea where your friend would get an idea like that. Let's face it,
everytime you fire anything it damages the kiln in a very slight way. If
you can't fire in the kiln why have it? Maybe our 'Top Guns' have
scientific like facts and your friend is right but I don't think so : )
chris
temecula, california
chris@ccpots.com
www.ccpots.com
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