Newbiehere

Thanks Callie, I was firing to Cone 04. And I went ahead and refired it again. I was worried if refiring was gonna hurt my pieces.

I usually keep my kiln room door open every time I fire it. I did not do it last night and because of this, my kiln gave me an error code ( too hot) therefor my bisc fire was not completed. Per the kiln, the error temp was at 1044 F, max temp was 1045F. I had my bisc fire set at slow speed with a 1.5 hrs hold at preheat temp of 145F . My wares are still in it and currently the kiln temperature is lowering now since I put my kiln back to idle mode. But because it did not make it to full bisque temperature, should I re-fire it again ( maybe this time I can use slow- med speed) , or should I unload my kiln and move onto glazing my pieces ?

This is my first kiln and I’ve only owned it for a little over year. I recently noticed how rusty the hinges are and wondering if this will hurt the kiln . Should I be doing something to avoid this? Is this normal? Should I be worried ?