Lori Doty on thu 12 oct 06
Hey all,
I am running out of space in my glazing area and have come up with the
option of placing the newly glazed but not fired pots outside in my
kiln shed where it will likely freeze tonight. I am wondering if this
is going to be a make or (break) decision because the pots will not be
completely dry again once the frost hits this area. I normally would
let the pots dry overnight in the house before taking them out to the
kiln and firing. Since I only have half of the elements replaced (this
is a whole other story and I won't bother everyone on clayart with it)
and don't want to have to put the kiln together and then take the kiln
apart again just so I can do a glaze firing.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for advice in advance.
Lori Doty
Nurse/Potter
Slowly turning the tide.
Patrick Cross on thu 12 oct 06
Well I suppose you could do what folks do to keep plants from
freezing...cover your pots with something like plastic sheeting and stick a
60watt lamp under the cover. Obvious but should be said don't allow the
lamp to touch the sheeting or anything else it shouldn't...
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/12/06, Lori Doty wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am running out of space in my glazing area and have come up with the
> option of placing the newly glazed but not fired pots outside in my
> kiln shed where it will likely freeze tonight. I am wondering if this
> is going to be a make or (break) decision because the pots will not be
> completely dry again once the frost hits this area. I normally would
> let the pots dry overnight in the house before taking them out to the
> kiln and firing. Since I only have half of the elements replaced (this
> is a whole other story and I won't bother everyone on clayart with it)
> and don't want to have to put the kiln together and then take the kiln
> apart again just so I can do a glaze firing.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for advice in advance.
>
> Lori Doty
> Nurse/Potter
> Slowly turning the tide.
>
>
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Lori Doty on thu 12 oct 06
Thanks to all who replied on and off list.
I would have just loaded the kiln but it is currently in 3 pieces now
while I wait on elements to arrive and don't have the strength nor
patience to put it together and hope it will reach cone 10 then take it
apart and put the new elements in. I ended up rearranging the pots on
my available table tops and got them to fit for now.
Lori
Snail Scott on fri 13 oct 06
On Oct 12, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Lori Doty wrote:
> ...placing the newly glazed but not fired pots outside in my
> kiln shed where it will likely freeze tonight...
If your temperature won't be too far below
freezing, the slight enclosure of the kiln
shed might actually keep the temperature
above the line. Covering the work with
plastic will help further. Putting an normal
(incandescent) light bulb (not fluorescent -
too cool) in with the work will add quite a
large amount of extra heat.
I worked for quite a while in a studio whose
only heat source was light bulbs. I put one
under each workbench that held wet clay
in progress, with plastic over all, or aimed
a clamp-lamp at the black plastic. No losses.
-Snail
Nancy Braches on fri 13 oct 06
Lori
My studio is not heated all the time, I run the woodstove when I have classes or work out there. I haven't yet had a problem with my pieces as per say "freezing". I just make sure the glaze is dry. I think you could get away with glazing them, making sure they are dry and then moving them out to the kiln area. Just cover them with newspapers and then plastic to keep the moisture off. I don't think dry glaze actually freezes since it is dry.
I know my comment a little late, was installing a new computer and am just starting to catch up on email. But maybe it will help in future or someone else.
Nancy
Patrick Cross wrote: Well I suppose you could do what folks do to keep plants from
freezing...cover your pots with something like plastic sheeting and stick a
60watt lamp under the cover. Obvious but should be said don't allow the
lamp to touch the sheeting or anything else it shouldn't...
Patrick Cross (cone10soda)
On 10/12/06, Lori Doty wrote:
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am running out of space in my glazing area and have come up with the
> option of placing the newly glazed but not fired pots outside in my
> kiln shed where it will likely freeze tonight. I am wondering if this
> is going to be a make or (break) decision because the pots will not be
> completely dry again once the frost hits this area. I normally would
> let the pots dry overnight in the house before taking them out to the
> kiln and firing. Since I only have half of the elements replaced (this
> is a whole other story and I won't bother everyone on clayart with it)
> and don't want to have to put the kiln together and then take the kiln
> apart again just so I can do a glaze firing.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks for advice in advance.
>
> Lori Doty
> Nurse/Potter
> Slowly turning the tide.
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
> You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
> settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
> Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at
> melpots@pclink.com.
>
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