Electric Kiln Glaze Firing Schedule

In today s post an excerpt from the july august 2018 issue of pottery making illustrated steve davis explains the causes of glaze faults and shares a bisque firing schedule for an electric kiln that will help you avoid them.

Electric kiln glaze firing schedule.

To do this select cone fire mode. Enter your cone number and select slow medium or fast firing speed. What is a cone. Jennifer poellot harnetty editor.

Kiln furniture prep read your kiln manual s first. However many artists find that firing low fire pieces at the same cone as they glaze them works well. Cone 06 is a good choice a typical glaze firing though of course what will work best depends on the project glaze type and kiln. The cone number is actually more precise than that because it measures heat work.

Most commercial glazes recommend glaze firing two cones cooler than your chosen bisque firing cone. Designing a good kiln firing schedule for your ware is a very important and often overlooked factor for obtained successful firings. The cone number is a way to indicate how hot you want the kiln to go. Kiln wash this layer of protection prevents glaze from sticking to the shelf when it drips from a piece of bisque with the coating of kiln wash on the shelf the glaze can be scraped off easily.

Loaded with new color images that highlight some of the most beautiful results possible with electric firing the new edition features step by step instruction on forming and finishing pieces for electric firing kiln firing schedules for both manual and computerized kilns and even glazing techniques and recipes to try out in your electric kiln.