After the final soak we shut it down and wait for it to cool for two days before opening it.
I've said it before: People who don't fire kilns only get one Christmas per year.
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Sunday, November 19, 2017
2017-10-26 - Thursday - Firing kiln
Thursday we fired the gas kiln. It was kept in reduction all day starting at cone 012 (~1582F), all the way up to cone 10 (~2345F). At the very end of the firing we do a "final soak" when we put the kiln into heavy reduction by starving it of oxygen. When that happens a beautiful green flame (copper) goes all the way up the flue and out the top to access oxygen.
After the final soak we shut it down and wait for it to cool for two days before opening it.
I've said it before: People who don't fire kilns only get one Christmas per year.
.
After the final soak we shut it down and wait for it to cool for two days before opening it.
I've said it before: People who don't fire kilns only get one Christmas per year.
.
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