Marley Wolhud on mon 6 oct 97
I am considering a propane kiln, but am worried about certain glazes
working. The local pottery has propane kiln and cannot get reds to
work. I am also interested in a mustard yellow. Maybe they don't have
a recipe for it, but they seem to only do the blues/greens/celadon type
of glazes. Does anyone know if propane kilns are restricted in getting
glazes to work? Sorry if question is lame, am a novice to the group.
Thanks
ray carlton on tue 7 oct 97
propane firing will produce brilliant copper of reds of many and varying
hues under reduction// the main
difficulty with propane is getting it to fire in oxidisation but that is
not difficult when you know your
kiln
we all began as novices
regards
At 09:44 06/10/97 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am considering a propane kiln, but am worried about certain glazes
>working. The local pottery has propane kiln and cannot get reds to
>work. I am also interested in a mustard yellow. Maybe they don't have
>a recipe for it, but they seem to only do the blues/greens/celadon type
>of glazes. Does anyone know if propane kilns are restricted in getting
>glazes to work? Sorry if question is lame, am a novice to the group.
>
>Thanks
>
>
raycarlt@valylink.net.au
Ray Carlton
17 Reefton Drive
McMahons Creek Victoria Australia 3799
0359668443
Lasse Vstman on wed 8 oct 97
I have now used a propane kiln for 6 years.
I have not had any problems to get really good reds, from
rose-colored over bright red to blue reds.
My crystal glazes based on zinc and lithium does not work
at all but that is the only drawback as I see.
I don4t think there can be any problem with a mustard yellow.
Look more at my homepage http://www.barra.se/stoneware
Lasse Vstman, Sweden
e-mail: stoneware@barra.se
Marley Wolhud wrote <343896E4.8D0@netway.com>...
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am considering a propane kiln, but am worried about certain glazes
> working. The local pottery has propane kiln and cannot get reds to
> work. I am also interested in a mustard yellow. Maybe they don't have
> a recipe for it, but they seem to only do the blues/greens/celadon type
> of glazes. Does anyone know if propane kilns are restricted in getting
> glazes to work? Sorry if question is lame, am a novice to the group.
Malone & Dean McRaine on mon 13 oct 97
Re; "the main
difficulty with propane is getting it to fire in oxidation"
Could someone explain this? How is propane different from natural gas in
this regard?
Dean (blub) from Kauai (blub) "the wettest place on earth" (blub, blub)
chip parker on wed 15 oct 97
Malone & Dean McRaine wrote:
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Re; "the main
> difficulty with propane is getting it to fire in oxidation"
> Could someone explain this? How is propane different from natural gas in
> this regard?
> Dean (blub) from Kauai (blub) "the wettest place on earth" (blub, blub)
We fire a 60 cubic foot salt kiln with propane and have no problem
getting an oxidizing firing. in fact we work hard to get reduction. Our
kiln is a hardbrick updraft approx 5' deep x 7' wide x 8' tall outside
to outside. We use 4 homemade burners with propane at 1/2 lb pressure
and a 500 gal tank. Call for more details
Chip Parker, AIA
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