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fw: over cooked bisque

updated mon 10 nov 08

 

Edouard Bastarache on sat 8 nov 08


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> Edouard Bastarache
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Mills"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: Over Cooked Bisque
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>> Fred,
>>
>> For me, the most accurate way of testing porosity of bisque is to touch
>> it with your tongue; you can feel how absorbent it is better that way
>> than any other. High absorbency will "pull" Low will not.
>> Bisque just fired is absolutely sterile.
>>
>> Steve
>> Bath
>> UK
>>
>> --- On Sat, 11/8/08, Fred Hagen wrote:
>> From: Fred Hagen
>> Subject: Over Cooked Bisque
>> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 1:53 AM
>>
>> Yesterday I ran a bisque load to my usual cone 07 but made a mistake in
>> the
>> program and entered a hold at the peqk temp for 9 hours instead of 9
>> minutes per
>> usual. I caught the mistake about 2.5 hours intoi the peak temperature
>> hold
>> Most of the ware was porcelain cone 10 and I need to know if there is a
>> major
>> problem in glaze application and melt as a result.
>>
>> I have an answer from a respected authority who I trust but want to know
>> if
>> there are any other thoughts on this problem. My authority said to wet
>> one of
>> the pieces a little to see if it would still absorb moisture. It appears
>> that it
>> will but I'm not certain about the risk of having the glazes just run off
>> the pots. I will use a common studio gas kiln for the glaze work and
>> don't
>> want the shelves to be ruined by my mistake.
>> Thanks Fred Hagen
>>
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