Stephen Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 I will have a hundred or so tiles drying sandwiched between drywall made in several smaller batches spanning Mon AM (yesterday)-Wed PM (tomorrow night) I need to bisque them Friday and glaze Saturday. I have always left for a few days in drywall and then air dry for a few more to bone dry. Any suggestions on drying them quickly without causing them to warp and/or crack? I was thinking sliding them to new drywall on Thursday and then Friday AM candling for several hours in the bisque firing. I would appreciate any input. The tiles are 4x4x3/8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 set them up in an offset herringbone pattern on edge. They do this in tile factories in Spain. Somewhere I have an old slide of this, but it would take a while to find it. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Thanks Marcia, surfing on this now to see if I can find a description of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biglou13 Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 There was a post here. Another member had a heating system with the dry wall. I think the made tiles at a production level. It's talked about in another thread I can't remember all the details ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Rushing tiles is never a good idea, but if you have them standing up with good air flow on all sides they should stay relatively flat. They warp when one side dries faster than the other, or when the edges dry faster than the middle. Once they are past leather hard the chances of warping are far less, and you can speed up the drying at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perkolator Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 if you're sandwiching them between drywall, perhaps try adding a fan to the mix. thinking the sandwiching will help keep things flat and the fan will provide faster evaporation. how are the tiles being produced? i think this may have more effect on warping/loss with the fast drying methods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 biglou, thanks, I found it, very interesting idea. _______________________________ Posted 29 February 2012 - 09:14 AM Like many production potters, I dry tiles in a drywall sandwich. -On my "heat tables". Radiant heat panels are resistance wires embedded in sheetrock, and can be wired for 110 or 220.Half inch tiles are ready to fire in 24 hours. _______________________________ Pekolator, they are pressed in a air release mold and normally dry flat if left sandwiched for a few days then air dries the rest flipping here and there. I'll keep the fan idea in mind. I do worry that the fan air might encourage cracking if some tiles dry unevenly. neil, I transferred the 2nd batch from yesterday to a fresh drywall sandwich this morning and they were pretty close to leather hard and the ones from Monday were leather hard so I moved them to open air. Yeah this may not work but got to do it so I'll just have to hope for the best :-) Going to check out that drying system in the old thread, 24 hours to fire sound fantastic. Space is such a premium in the studio so moving tiles through faster would be great. Thanks everyone, I can always count on this group for some quick solutions from folks that know what they are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 and there ya go, $550 bucks and ya have a 2x2 foot fast tile drying system for tiles :-) http://www.heatinggreen.com/product/plug-in-panel-heaters/ or possibly 2 $35 seedling heating mats: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Viagrow-Seed-Propagating-Seedling-Heat-Mat-VSEEDMAT20/203357025?MERCH=REC-_-PIPHorizontal1-1-_-NA-_-203357025-_-N still cheaper, a DIY option. 2 18' rope lights are $25 and if 100 degrees is applied to each side of the drywall it might just dry in a 24 hour cycle. http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/11658/diy-heat-mat-speeds-seed-starting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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