bisque cool down schedule
 

I have been having a lot of cracking/pinging in some of my bisque
ware, and I am wondering if anyone has advice on what rate I should
ramp down. I am firing in a gas kiln, 4 burners, and it's about 8
cubic feet. I am doing cone 05 for bisque, to then fire to cone 5,
and using Laguna B-mix, no sand, and also Hagi porcelain. In the
trouble shooting notes about the clay, they say one reason for cracks
can be from cooling down to fast, what isn't there is any advice on
how to go about the cool down. I usually don't control the cool down,
I just let the kiln sitter trip, and maybe damper down.

What I plan to do with my next bisque fire is put a higher bar in the
kiln sitter, a cone 06, keep my eye on the witness cones that will be
cone 04 & 05, then when cone 05 bends I will turn down the kiln, not
turn it off. My question is, about how much should I lower the temp,
and in what sorta time increments?
Thanks
Sa

bisque cool down schedule
 

bisque cool down schedule
 

If you block off the flew and burner ports as soon as you turn the kiln off
you should have no problems. This stops any air entrering the kiln at all
and it will quickly stabilise. Do not open the kiln door under 165DegCelcius
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I have been having a lot of cracking/pinging in some of my bisque
ware, and I am wondering if anyone has advice on what rate I should
ramp down. I am firing in a gas kiln, 4 burners, and it's about 8
cubic feet. I am doing cone 05 for bisque, to then fire to cone 5,
and using Laguna B-mix, no sand, and also Hagi porcelain. In the
trouble shooting notes about the clay, they say one reason for cracks
can be from cooling down to fast, what isn't there is any advice on
how to go about the cool down. I usually don't control the cool down,
I just let the kiln sitter trip, and maybe damper down.

What I plan to do with my next bisque fire is put a higher bar in the
kiln sitter, a cone 06, keep my eye on the witness cones that will be
cone 04 & 05, then when cone 05 bends I will turn down the kiln, not
turn it off. My question is, about how much should I lower the temp,
and in what sorta time increments?
Thanks
Sa

bisque cool down schedule
 

"Sam Kelly" wrote in message
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If you block off the flew and burner ports as soon as you turn the kiln
off you should have no problems. This stops any air entrering the kiln at
all and it will quickly stabilise. Do not open the kiln door under
165DegCelcius

I have an old potter friend who goes by the rule "If it is too hot to hold,
it is too hot to take out."

That means wait until around 20-30 Deg Celcius - especially with glazed
stuff, I suppose.

Anyway, being patient with kilns has resulted in me having very few problems
with cracking and such.

Marianne