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how agressive can i be ? bisque fire

updated thu 7 jun 07

 

Paul Vernier on wed 6 jun 07


I recently had a failed bisque firing, faulty regulator. The load reached
about 1600 degrees over a 14 hour period. My question is. I know I am not
doing a raku firing. But, how aggressive can I be on re-firing the load. I
live in central California where our humidity is averaging about 20%. So,
they should not have picked up to much moisture since this weekend. I would
like to limit the time and gas needed to finish. Since I have almost,
already done a nice slow bisque.

Paul
in foggy sunny Santa Cruz