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weathered bronze green- snail?

updated thu 15 nov 01

 

Ron Roy on wed 14 nov 01


For any of you who are wondering how to slow down cooling - I am assuming
this is with a sitter - this is one way of doing it - sounds effective to
me.

Any chance you know what the drop in temp is over the two hour Snail.

RR


>
>I don't know; I'm inept with glaze, and have plenty
>of other problems, (evenness of coating is my bane)
>but I've never had pinholes from this glaze. (I use
>it on groggy buff stoneware in oxidation. I fire to
>^6 with witness cones, then when the ^6 is at '9-oclock'
>I turn all the switches to 'low' and set the timer for
>three hours.)
> -Snail

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Snail Scott on wed 14 nov 01


I wrote:
>>...when the ^6 is at '9-oclock'
>>I turn all the switches to 'low' and set the timer for
>>three hours.)

At 12:25 AM 11/14/01 -0400, Ron wrote:
>Any chance you know what the drop in temp is over the two hour Snail.


No clue. Don't own a pyrometer. Seems to make
the matte glazes look good, though.
-Snail