Hello! I've been doing ceramics for a few years now and have come across a strange dilemma this summer. FYI I live in South FL where it's hot and humid (particularly during these summer months)!
The last two bisque firings i've had have resulted in explosions of nearly every piece. This hasn't happened to me since I first started doing ceramics years ago and was unsure about drying times.
For some background, I usually let pieces dry for 3 weeks as a rule of thumb, all of these pieces dried for over 5 weeks.. it has been very humid and stormy and I keep my pieces in a garage (no ac).
This hasn't been a problem in the past, and my firing cones all give me consistent temps for bisque (04) as before.
Could the humidity in the air be causing my pieces to stay wet for much longer than usual?
