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Re: kiln temp question

From: L Skeen (lpskeen@living-tree.net)
Date: Tue Jan 25 2000 - 17:07:31 PST

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    "Anna N." wrote:

    > HELLO!
    >
    > Yesterday I fired my kiln, attempted to a cone 05. I know I have a dead
    > element, and I thought the previous teacher (this is my first year at this
    > school) said that she used to go to a cone 05 wtih the dead element, and
    > there were an abundance of boxes of 05 cones. However. It never made it.
    > Upon searching high and low i did find one box of 06 cones, and maybe thats
    > what she had switched to. Anyway, my question is: Can I assume that it
    > fired to a cone 06? What should I do about glazing? My glazes all ask for
    > cone 04, or "to witness, cone 05". Does this mean Im dead meat if i try to
    > fire all this beautiful pinch pots at only an 06? Will it still work? I
    > realize I need to get this fixed but can I get by for now?

    Get your kiln fixed and don't worry about glazing for now. If the 05 cone
    didn't break, you really have no idea how high the kiln fired, and the pieces
    will probably be more delicate than they would be if fired to proper
    temperature.

    ^04 is hotter than 05, so you can't glaze fire anyway if that's where your
    glazes melt.

    Tell me where you are and I"ll see if I can point you to a kiln repair person.

    L 

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