Snail Scott on mon 19 apr 04
At 02:48 PM 4/19/04 EDT, Simona D. wrote:
>...Do I need
>to vent such a tiny kiln? Esp. since it's going to be in the garage?
The small amount of outgassing from firing
a 1 cu.ft. kiln is not much to worry about,
but adding some airflow through the space is
never a bad idea. If you could leave the car-
sized door open just a foot or less, and put a
box fan (pointing outward) in the people-size
door, it will help a lot. Even better if the
kiln could be in the vicinity of the fan. If
you can, block the remainer to the people-sized
door with a piece of cardboard (or even a roll-
down windowshade) to keep the air flowing the
way you want it to.
-Snail
Simona Drentea on mon 19 apr 04
I got my first kiln! Since I don't know how the neighbors & HOA will react,
I got a tiny (less than 1 cu ft.) jeweler's kiln used for lost wax casting.
Thanks to the helpful replies from this list, it sounds like I'll be able to
use it for raku. Naturally, the seller didn't have any manuals or anything.
I plan to fire it in the garage which is an attached 3 car garage. Do I need
to vent such a tiny kiln? Esp. since it's going to be in the garage? We
don't spend time in our garage, it's simply where 1 of our cars resides. We do
walk through there several times a day to let the dog out & it is where he
eats twice/day. I do have a regular sized door in there that I could leave open
when firing, but I wouldn't feel comfortble leaving the main doors open (& of
course it's against HOA rules).
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Simona in Colorado
BobWicks@AOL.COM on mon 19 apr 04
There is no need to vent your garage unless you are reducing your Raku in Saw
dust. That will produce smoke and carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. Many
Raku potters do indeed put the red hot Raku pottery in saw dust to get the
nice iridescent colors and in this case it is absolutely essential to vent the
reduction area.
Bob
Gary Harvey on thu 20 may 04
I would to express my views on this. I have a small kiln about 14.5 X 14.5X
20 inches in side it has two stages and upper and lower switches. It is an
old paragon B15B. The paragon company doesn't even know when it was made.
One point. I wax the foot of my pottery. The smell from the kiln when it
is firing would choke a normal person, that is if I did not have all the
doors in my studio open. tThe studio includes a large garage type door and
regular size door. I can not say for the size of the small kiln that you
have. BUT in my opinion you better vent it good if you ask me. OPEN the
garage door fully. Monitor the whole time. And hopefully if the garage is
not connected to the house, you won't get the smell into the house. Gary
Harvey Palestine TX.
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