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ROFLMAL - I have to say - this really works for me. I don't know how many
potters will be at your show but at least they would enjoy the image (painfully of course)... P.S. I would love to hear how the show went... "Slgraber" wrote in message ... what if you: assemble a box in the kiln with various kiln shelves stacked up as the walls, fully kiln washed. stack the overfired pieces into this box in a hap-hazzard maner. fire the batch as a group ~ they will all stick to each other in a square large clump shaped by the kiln shelf walls. pull them out, buff away the kiln wash. mount them on a nice board. title them: "disaster relief program" or "i wasn't watching" or "durable shelf ware" i'd stack the fired batch in the backyard adding to my already growing yard art... see ya steve Subject: over reduction disaster From: "Laura" Date: 8/30/2004 12:22 PM Pacific Daylight Time Message-id: Hi All, Can you wise potters out there give me some much needed advise about what to do with a bunch of pieces that were over reduced? On the good side, in my last glaze firing, the unglazed portions of stoneware were all toasty and gorgeous. The bad thing is, areas in my old updraft kiln that got extra heavy reduction, well...the pots and plates in those parts of the kiln came out covered in blisters and pinholes and almost a volcanic rock type texture in some spots. These defects were on glazes I have been using for years so I am 99% positive it was caused by over reducing, starting with a 1 hour body reduction at cone 06, ending at a heavy reduction for 30 minutes at cone 9-10. I even got red in copper glazes that are always green, so I know I reduced more than I ever have before and wont be doing that again. Nothing about this firing was different other than reducing more than my usual from 06 up till cone 9. The reduction i did at the end was the same as always. My question is... Can I salvage these pots? I have been grinding down and smoothing the bad areas with my Dremmel and am hoping to put some more glaze on top of the ground down areas and refiring with my next kiln load tomorrow and everything will heal. Will refiring with a bit of glaze on top heal the bad areas? Is reglazing really necessary or will the remaining glaze just re-melt and smooth out? Not being a chemist, I assume the defects were from some sort of gas escaping or bubbling and the glaze for some reason did not smooth out, but i really dont know. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I can save these blasted things. Thanks in advance for any advise you can give me Laura steve graber |
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