kiln shelves

Hi

Can I have kiln wash on both sides of my shelves? There are several glaze
drips and chipped areas on the washed side. I would like to use the damaged
side for bisque and the freshly washed side for glaze firing.

Thanks
Betsy

----- Original Message -----
From: "richard"
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.pottery
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: kiln shelves


Hi

Can I have kiln wash on both sides of my shelves? There are several glaze
drips and chipped areas on the washed side. I would like to use the
damaged
side for bisque and the freshly washed side for glaze firing.

Thanks
Betsy

[No, don't do that. Kiln wash is intended to flake off, but you don't want
it flaking into your glazes from the underside of a shelf. Get a cold
chisel, a hammer, and good goggles, and carefully chip off the glaze drips.
Don't worry about the chipped areas; they'll eventually fill in with kiln
wash.]

Andrew Werby
www.unitedartworks.com

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----- Original Message -----
From: "richard"
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.pottery
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: kiln shelves


Hi

Can I have kiln wash on both sides of my shelves? There are several
glaze
drips and chipped areas on the washed side. I would like to use the
damaged
side for bisque and the freshly washed side for glaze firing.

Thanks
Betsy

[No, don't do that. Kiln wash is intended to flake off, but you don't want
it flaking into your glazes from the underside of a shelf. Get a cold
chisel, a hammer, and good goggles, and carefully chip off the glaze
drips.
Don't worry about the chipped areas; they'll eventually fill in with kiln
wash.]

Andrew Werby
www.unitedartworks.com



Exactly what I was going to say. In a group I belong to (thank goodness I
have my own studio) someone had decided that was a good idea, then loaded
the kiln and wrecked lots of other peoples work with bits of kiln washing
dropping into the glazed pots. She were not popular and we had to scrape
and clean off all the wash. (she was elderly and it was too much for her)
Clean the shelf as Andrew suggested.
Annemarie

Thanks for saving me from ruining my next load.
Betsy

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----- Original Message -----
From: "richard"
Newsgroups: rec.crafts.pottery
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:54 AM
Subject: kiln shelves


Hi

Can I have kiln wash on both sides of my shelves? There are several
glaze
drips and chipped areas on the washed side. I would like to use the
damaged
side for bisque and the freshly washed side for glaze firing.

Thanks
Betsy

[No, don't do that. Kiln wash is intended to flake off, but you don't
want
it flaking into your glazes from the underside of a shelf. Get a cold
chisel, a hammer, and good goggles, and carefully chip off the glaze
drips.
Don't worry about the chipped areas; they'll eventually fill in with
kiln
wash.]

Andrew Werby
www.unitedartworks.com



Exactly what I was going to say. In a group I belong to (thank goodness I
have my own studio) someone had decided that was a good idea, then loaded
the kiln and wrecked lots of other peoples work with bits of kiln washing
dropping into the glazed pots. She were not popular and we had to scrape
and clean off all the wash. (she was elderly and it was too much for her)
Clean the shelf as Andrew suggested.
Annemarie