"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