The program I came up with was 7 stages and started off with a 6 hour preheat @ 200 degrees F with a temperature rise of 60 degrees per hour, so it took about 2 hours to get to 200 degrees.
\n I had also placed the four lion blocks but not the cherub in the kitchen oven overnight @ 150-160 degrees.<\/p>\n
Then it continued with segments 2 through 7:<\/p>\n
S2- 80 deg\/hour to 280 deg
\nS3- 100 deg\/hour to 550 deg
\nS4- 80 deg\/hour to 750 deg
\nS5- 150 deg\/hour to 1100 deg
\nS6- 180 deg\/hour to 1700 deg
\nS7- 80 deg\/hour to 2060 deg with a 10 minute hold @ 2060 deg.<\/p>\n
Total time: 24:20<\/p>\n
The cherub blew out, th elions all came out perfect.<\/p>\n
So I adjusted that for the next load which is already complete and should be cool enough to remove in the morning.
\nThe change is:<\/p>\n
Starting off with an 8 hour preheat @ 195 degrees F with a temperature rise of 60 degrees per hour, so it took about 2 hours to get to 195 degrees from room temperature.<\/p>\n
Then it continued as before, with segments 2 through 7:<\/p>\n
S2- 80 deg\/hour to 280 deg
\nS3- 100 deg\/hour to 550 deg
\nS4- 80 deg\/hour to 750 deg
\nS5- 150 deg\/hour to 1100 deg
\nS6- 180 deg\/hour to 1700 deg
\nS7- 80 deg\/hour to 2060 deg with a 10 minute hold @ 2060 deg.<\/p>\n
Total time: 26:29<\/p>\n
In addition, the four lion blocks and this time the cherub were all placed in the kitchen oven @ 150-160 degrees F for 10 hours before placing them in the kiln.
\nThey should have been bone dry by all that, and if not, the 8 more hours @ 195 degrees should ensure it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The program I came up with was 7 stages and started off with a 6 hour preheat @ 200 degrees F with a temperature rise of 60 degrees per hour, so it took about 2 hours to get to 200 degrees. I had also placed the four lion blocks but not the cherub in the kitchen oven overnight @ 150-160 degrees. Then it continued with segments 2 through 7: S2- 80 deg\/hour to 280 deg S3- 100 deg\/hour to 550 deg S4- 80 deg\/hour to 750 deg S5- 150 deg\/hour to 1100 deg S6- 180 deg\/hour to 1700 deg S7- 80 deg\/hour to 2060 deg with a 10 minute hold @ 2060 deg. Total time: 24:20 The cherub blew out, th elions all came out perfect. So I adjusted that for the next load which is already complete and should be cool enough to remove in the morning. The change is: Starting off with an 8 hour preheat @ 195 degrees F with a temperature rise of 60 degrees per hour, so it took about 2 hours to get to 195 degrees from room temperature. Then it continued as before, with segments 2 through 7: S2- 80 deg\/hour to 280 deg S3- 100 deg\/hour to 550 deg S4- 80 deg\/hour to 750 deg S5- 150 deg\/hour to 1100 deg S6- 180 deg\/hour to 1700 deg S7- 80 deg\/hour to 2060 deg with a 10 minute hold @ 2060 deg. Total time: 26:29 In addition, the four lion blocks and this time the cherub were all placed in the kitchen oven @ 150-160 degrees F for 10 hours before placing them in the kiln. They should have been bone dry by all that, and if not, the 8 more hours @ 195 degrees should ensure it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sculptures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randallwolff.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}