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underfired bisque?

updated mon 31 mar 97

 

David Donica on wed 5 mar 97

I've got a small number of pots I bisqued in my electric kiln that I
suspect are the victims of inadequate venting because I can't trace my
pinholing problems to my glazes or anything else I've been doing. These
pots were fired anywhere from 05-07 as I was playing around with the bisque
temp in trying to solve the pinholing. Would it be of any use to bisque
them again in the gas kiln? I glaze fire to ^10R. I haven't decided what
cone to bisque to in the propane kiln as I keep getting different advice on
that too. Thanks from Maggie in Mt. Shasta where we've had the lowest
snowfall in 70 years.
Maggie Shepard
FireWorks Pottery
Mt. Shasta, Calif.