sincultura13 on thu 14 oct 04
Thanks! I brought out the vacuum cleaner's round soft brush and that
helped quite a bit... Still some small pieces left. Do I need to
worry about them? I wish I had the know how, and the guts=83=BA, to take
the elements out=A1K better yet had the money to replace the elements!
Sincultura
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Avril Farley wrote:
> Try turning off the kiln at the main and gently brushing out the
element
> grooves with a soft paintbrush - vacuum out kiln afterwards
>
> Avril in the Forest UK
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Arnold Howard on thu 14 oct 04
Sincultura, it is important not to move the elements unless you are going to
replace them. They are brittle when cold and break easily.
Yes, you should remove even small pieces of foreign materials from the
element grooves. They are easier to find if you use a small mirror.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
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From: "sincultura13"
Thanks! I brought out the vacuum cleaner's round soft brush and that
helped quite a bit... Still some small pieces left. Do I need to
worry about them? I wish I had the know how, and the gutsfº, to take
the elements out¡K better yet had the money to replace the elements!
claybair on thu 14 oct 04
Sincultura,
In addition to the brush tool I use the crevice tool.
The narrow tip affords better suction and
you can get pretty close to the elements.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
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From: "sincultura13"
Thanks! I brought out the vacuum cleaner's round soft brush and that
helped quite a bit... Still some small pieces left. Do I need to
worry about them? I wish I had the know how, and the gutsfº, to take
the elements out¡K better yet had the money to replace the elements!
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John Jensen on thu 14 oct 04
If you have an air compressor, it might be worthwhile to blow the
channels clean with a high pressure stream of air; being careful not to
have to breath all that dust, of course.
John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
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sincultura13 on fri 15 oct 04
Thanks for all the help... We lost that attachment. I'm going to see
if I can borrow the neighbor's vacuum cleaner or if a friend has an
air compressor=85
I fired the kiln last night with no lost pieces! It took 7 hours to
bent a cone 06 so I took the cone which got suck to the sitter to my
teacher to see. She told me that the sitter needs to be adjusted
because it over fired probably to cone 05 or 04=85 and that was
probably the reason why the slip cast piece had exploded=85 I'm going
to read on the subject to see how to go about adjusting it=85 Even
so, I'm happy I have the manual kiln. I felt more in control of the
firing=85
thanks again,
Sincultura
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, claybair wrote:
> Sincultura,
>
> In addition to the brush tool I use the crevice tool.
> The narrow tip affords better suction and
> you can get pretty close to the elements.
>
> Gayle Bair
> Bainbridge Island, WA
> http://claybair.com
>
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> From: "sincultura13"
>
> Thanks! I brought out the vacuum cleaner's round soft brush and
that
> helped quite a bit... Still some small pieces left. Do I need to
> worry about them? I wish I had the know how, and the gutsf=BA, to
take
> the elements out=A1K better yet had the money to replace the
elements!
>
>
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Earl Brunner on fri 15 oct 04
I didn't read your original post, but this makes no sense to me. What
temperature you might have fired to should have no bearing on whether or not
something exploded in the kiln. Moisture getting hot too fast and turning
to steam does. That happens at the beginning of the firing, not the end.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of sincultura13
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:15 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Cleaning kiln after bisque explosion.
I took the cone which got suck to the sitter to my
teacher to see. She told me that the sitter needs to be adjusted
because it over fired probably to cone 05 or 04. and that was
probably the reason why the slip cast piece had exploded.
thanks again,
Sincultura
Arnold Howard on fri 15 oct 04
Sincultura, apply a thin coat of kiln wash on the Kiln Sitter cone supports.
That will prevent the cone from sticking to the supports.
Some people keep the kiln wash in a small bottle with brush applicator in
the cap. Use only a small amount of kiln wash. If you use too much, it will
build up on the cone supports.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
arnoldhoward@att.net / www.paragonweb.com
From: "sincultura13"
I fired the kiln last night with no lost pieces! It took 7 hours to
bent a cone 06 so I took the cone which got suck to the sitter to my
teacher to see.
sincultura13 on fri 15 oct 04
I don't know anything about slip cast's constitution... So I took at
face value what I was told. Thanks for the info.
BTW, I think I read a post where you said small pieces didn't
matter 'cause they are not much different from refractory brick only
less porous... If that was you do still hold that believe?
thanks....
Sincultura
--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Earl Brunner wrote:
> I didn't read your original post, but this makes no sense to me.
What
> temperature you might have fired to should have no bearing on
whether or not
> something exploded in the kiln. Moisture getting hot too fast and
turning
> to steam does. That happens at the beginning of the firing, not
the end.
>
> Earl Brunner
> Las Vegas, NV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@L...] On Behalf Of sincultura13
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 8:15 PM
> To: CLAYART@L...
> Subject: Re: Cleaning kiln after bisque explosion.
>
>
> I took the cone which got suck to the sitter to my
> teacher to see. She told me that the sitter needs to be adjusted
> because it over fired probably to cone 05 or 04. and that was
> probably the reason why the slip cast piece had exploded.
>
> thanks again,
>
>
> Sincultura
>
>
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