Cindy in SD on thu 7 apr 05
My kiln gave out in the middle of a glaze firing. It couldn't even make
it up to the bisque temperature I had easily fired to the day before. I
assume I need a new element or elements, and I will check for a broken
one as soon as the kiln cools down enough. If none of them are broken,
I'll just replace all of them. The kiln got to 1650 F before I gave up
on it and turned it off. My target was between ^5 & ^6. Any idea
approximately how much less, if any, I should fire this ware to when I
get the kiln going? I've done this before, but not enough times to have
anything better than a guess as to how I should alter the firing program
for the second attempt on these glazes.
Thanks for any wit and/or wisdom. :)
Cindy in SD
Ann Brink on fri 8 apr 05
Cindy, this might be a great opportunity for you. Some of your glazes may
be crackled at this point and if you dip them in a contrasting color the
glaze will be absorbed in a way to give you a healed crackle effect. I did
this one time years ago and had some interesting surfaces.
I would fire to your usual temp, but not too fast going up. I usually climb
slowly on glaze firings because I often have some refires in there, and I
don't want to shock them.
Ann Brink in Lompoc CA
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Cindy in SD said:
> My kiln gave out in the middle of a glaze firing. It couldn't even make
> it up to the bisque temperature I had easily fired to the day before. I
> assume I need a new element or elements, and I will check for a broken
> one as soon as the kiln cools down enough. If none of them are broken,
> I'll just replace all of them. The kiln got to 1650 F before I gave up
> on it and turned it off. My target was between ^5 & ^6. Any idea
> approximately how much less, if any, I should fire this ware to when I
> get the kiln going? I've done this before, but not enough times to have
> anything better than a guess as to how I should alter the firing program
> for the second attempt on these glazes.
>
> Thanks for any wit and/or wisdom. :)
Ron Roy on sat 9 apr 05
Hi Cindy,
I would just just use the same cones.
RR
>My kiln gave out in the middle of a glaze firing. It couldn't even make
>it up to the bisque temperature I had easily fired to the day before. I
>assume I need a new element or elements, and I will check for a broken
>one as soon as the kiln cools down enough. If none of them are broken,
>I'll just replace all of them. The kiln got to 1650 F before I gave up
>on it and turned it off. My target was between ^5 & ^6. Any idea
>approximately how much less, if any, I should fire this ware to when I
>get the kiln going? I've done this before, but not enough times to have
>anything better than a guess as to how I should alter the firing program
>for the second attempt on these glazes.
>
>Thanks for any wit and/or wisdom. :)
>
>Cindy in SD
>
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