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  1. Thank you for the information. What is the purpose of the blank ring?
  2. Good Morning, I have a friend who struck gold this week. Her aunt passed away and she had a kiln in her basement that looks brand new. Her aunt did not do ceramics so she has no idea why it was there. My friend does not do ceramics she is actually a painter. But she did buy a wheel a few years ago and said she would be interested in getting into it and keeping this kiln if it works. I am looking for information on this brand Gare. Who made or makes this kiln? For the most part I can give her advice about how to use the kiln setter but I am confused as to what the switches at the bottom of the box are for. Are these kind of like the low, med, high knobs on the side of a skutt kiln? Also, the extra ring. Can the be placed under the lid or does this go somewhere else? Of course I told her to check her fuse box and voltage. The coils look good to me as well as the wiring . Is there anything else you can think of that she should check before starting it up? I gave her some cones. If it was mine I would just try and run it and see what happens but I figured someone else has inherited a kiln at some point. I attached pics below. Thanks!
  3. Well, I re-fired the mugs with the decals at ^012 to try and burn them off. I thought that would be hot enough to get rid of them. But, it was not. So since the mugs are toast anyway I am firing them again at higher temp, lol. I know they will burn out at some point just trying to find the right temp. Always experimenting. I'll keep you posted.
  4. O'my. I realized what I typed. Sorry about that. Yes, I know ^017 is cooler than ^015. I had it in my head that is what I am going to fire my next test at and typed that out, lol. What I meant to say is fire at ^014-013 to burn them the rest of the way off? I draw up my images and have a company print them for me. They are for ^016 so I fire them at ^015. I think I am just going to go for it at ^012. I think it will do the trick. I was just looking for some quick insight. But, as we know ceramics is never quick ,). I'll keep you posted.
  5. Good afternoon, I have been using decals for awhile and have not had many issues. I usually do several test fires but I got lazy and suffered the consequences. I fired some decals onto some mugs. My kiln runs hot so I know to fire a ^ lower than what I want. Unfortunately, for the specific decals I am using I guess I should have fired even lower. I had parts of the decals burn away. Just wondering what temp one might think to fire the decals the rest of the way off. I use ^6 clay and glaze so I am not worried about the glaze burning out I don't think it will get hot enough. I fired at ^015 so I am thinking if I fire at ^017-018 it will burn them the rest of the way off. I have burned off decals in the past but I just threw the piece in with some low fire bisque ware at ^04 knowing good and well it would burn off at that temp. I was just trying to get a better pin point. Thanks.
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