Cavy Fire Studios Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I made my mom a little coffee mug with a chicken on it (lowfire). Well, my stupid brother put taco meat grease in it and basically hid it (for a few weeks), so the sour grease soaked into the glaze. It smells like butt and there is no way I'm letting my mom drink out of that cup again. Do you think I could refire it to ^03 and burn the grease/bacteria out? Or is it stuck as a display piece? My mom really likes that mug a lot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bciskepottery Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Don't think you want to go that high; especially since that is your finished glaze temp and you would risk remelting the glaze. You might be able to remove the odor by heating it in the oven. As it is lowfire, just make sure it is really dry before reheating . . . you don't want absorbed moisture doing its thing. Bill Van Gilder tells a story of how he and his son had accumulated a pile of dirty dishes and the son was ignoring his dishwashing chores. Bill went off one weekend to do a workshop and left orders that the dishes were to be done by the time he returned. Bill returned to find all the dishes cleaned and stacked in the cupboards. He complimented his son on doing the washing and drying . . . at which point his son told Bill he had simply stacked them in the bisque kiln and fired the load. Anyhow, the organics were duly eliminated. But he rewashed the dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Hahahaha! That's great! Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakukuku Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 would soaking it in a solution with a little bleach in it work? love the dirty dish kiln fire story. now why didn't i think of that? rakuku Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Coyle Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I have "restored" grease stained micacious ware by firing low red heat. You don't need to go this high, and might be able to do it in a self cleaning oven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJR Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I made my mom a little coffee mug with a chicken on it (lowfire). Well, my stupid brother put taco meat grease in it and basically hid it (for a few weeks), so the sour grease soaked into the glaze. It smells like butt and there is no way I'm letting my mom drink out of that cup again. Do you think I could refire it to ^03 and burn the grease/bacteria out? Or is it stuck as a display piece? My mom really likes that mug a lot... I think you could just stick it in your next load of bisque. Should burn right off. TJR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evelyne Schoenmann Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I am with Tom, bisque temp should be enough. I like the dish-washing-in-the-kiln story. Clever son of Bill van Gilders' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted October 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 I was thinking of popping it into the bisque, yep! You guys would not believe how much that thing stinks. It's enough to peel paint! >.< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted October 13, 2015 Report Share Posted October 13, 2015 Bill van Gilder's son was lucky he didn't make a sculpture of the week's dishes! hey Cavy, just a thought, did you eat the tacos???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavy Fire Studios Posted October 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 I wasn't even there. My brother tends to be on the selfish side, so he ate all of it. What a pig! And not the guinea kind! Wheek!! He just made my poor chicken mug stink like the ninth gate of hell opened itself in there...YUCK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc McMillan Posted October 15, 2015 Report Share Posted October 15, 2015 Well guinea...seems like we should be discussing how to get even with your brother....in an adult way of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthfan Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 I like the dirty dish story too. Reminds me of an acquaintance who fed a roast dinner to 35 people one Christimas, She roasted a leg of pork, a leg of lamb and a turkey, together with trays of potatoes, carrots and pumpkin in her front-loading kiln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted October 16, 2015 Report Share Posted October 16, 2015 Did the fugitive coppers, cobalt, and chrome do a good job of glazing the ham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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