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crash cooling, was seeing red (copper red success)

updated sat 13 may 06

 

Linda Ferzoco on fri 12 may 06


So the other day, Rick I think, mentioned that in
China they do a huge crash cool in those big kilns.
How do they get away with that? Or do they factor in
a certain failure rate?

Linda Ferzoco
Pacifica, California

--- David Hendley wrote:
>
>
> This is somewhat of a dilemma, Mark. I believe
> (can't prove
> it, but it's what I think) that crash cooling for
> several hundred
> degrees helps in the development of nice bright
> copper reds.
> But.....it is not good for just about everything
> else.