Kris Busch

Bumping this on more info the mine has plans to reopen even though it closed for financial reasons, or is this just speculation?

Well Bailey had the stock mixed up and they had in stock 20 of the  14x28 Thermo Lite shelves at $331 each so I ordered them all-Trucking to my remote part of the planet for a 275# box on a pallet was $590. Now my back is feeling better not using old shelve tecnology which is heavy ,and I had them shipped to my friends lumber yard a few miles away for cost reduction in shipping -still $590 via Fedx ground economy .
They will show up second week in November when I return from diving Indonesia .
I'll need to wash them lightly and bisque fire them with a bisque load..work almost never stops
Funny the shelves cost more than the kiln, never used to be that way.

Before leaving on a dive trip I ordered 18  14x 28 Bailey german made advancer shelves. They were a bit cheaper only $331 each and shipping was in the mid 500$s. Advancers where considerable  higher in price and shipping. They show up 2nd week of November . It will be tough to solar dry the wash that time of year so I may have to heat them in the shop to wash them and get them dry.

This applies your your stack as well. Seeing as you have 15 of them in that load. Those spacer chunks if washed will not stick.As far as bricks for stilts no worries-I would wash the ends. Its not smaller profile its about mullite and  post fuzing to the shelve. Wash will sholve that on all posts/bricks tops and all those small spacers you have in load.
(Yes the tops of pots shold be washed and the spacer chucks as well. If unwashed it will leave pieces fuzed over time to the bottom of the shelves and make for uneven stacking and can crack a corner. Also posts and spacers will stick and be harder to remove especally at cone 10 temps.)
I'll Pm you if we make that trip and still have the shelves. This am I'm ordering 17 14x28 Bailey advancers for delevery in 3 + months from Germany

I think they will be fine. Just keep them away from damper openings unless its closed the whole cool down time. My friend used to pull the damber to quik cool and the Botton advancer cracked a few time before they caught on. They are sensitive to small nurds or sharp points (meaning I use a bunch of washed broken shelve pieces to gain height on top of my posts) these are 1/2 -3/4  old school sheve pieces and 1/4 broken advancers pieces. I learned the hard way that they need to be flat and not have any high points. I cracked a few corners off on tall loads in car kiln that holds say 35 shelves spread into 3 stacks of 12x24s.
same with posts keep them flat on top.
By the way I am this winter going to sell some unused ot lightly used unwashed 12x24 advancers -I have 24 of them  I have never iused after buying .I bought from 2 sellers and they are nearly new as they bought them and fired a few times and sold out.I am thinking of 2/3 new price. I may be driving to the spring eclipse as my wife has relatives that moved to your state a few years ago. Just a thought. I really do not want to pack and ship them unless its in small batches .

You will be amazed on the shelves as thay will never warp or hold glaze. You will never have to buy another again.Just do not try to quick cool them as they do not like thermal shock as well.

The glaze will not adhere to Baileys or advancer shelves (kiln shelve.com) You just knock off any glaze drips and it does not affect the next pots fired
You should get a total quote from both suppliers which includes trucking /shipping before buying
in terms of washing I am an all porcelain studio and the pots  are fired to soft cone 11  and will pluck on unwashed shelves -meaning the foot will stick in small amounts sometimes. Leaving sharp bottoms .
That means for me I use a Quaility home made wash on the shelves. 50% alumina hydtrate 25% EPK and 25% calcined EPK. I thin this to cream constentancy and roll it on with a paint roller and sun dry it on sun heated shelves .
I ahve about 65 advancers and a few Bailey German shelves-they all act all the same. I have fired them a zillion times. I have broken some as well . You need to keep them dry not stacked on concrete (I use wood under them on concrete) Never blown one up . After washing them I slow bisque them with pots on them in a regular bisque fire.