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what temperature to open

updated fri 21 dec 01

 

Avril Farley on thu 20 dec 01


Try and wait until the kiln is the same temperature as the room - =
really, it IS worth it I know it is very difficult, but I speak from =
bitter experience. - Go have a bath, cuppa coffee, wedge up some clay, =
watch tv, read Gone with the Wind or Harry Potter, but don't open too =
soon!

If you really really can't wait, open at 100c, but you may still =
experience cracks, craze and other nasties depending on the clay you are =
using and the form you have fired.

Avril in the Forest, UK