Snickerhaus Studio

Thank you for pointing out one can add the steric acid.

Thank you, for getting back to me. Since I use an electric skillet I can be careful to not heat too high but I am trying to avoid the bad exposure some say about paraffin.

Good idea to reuse. Thank you for pointing out to watch out for additives. Like sparkles. That must have been so frustrating to have had your piece gone so far in the process, then get ruined by sparkles!

Good to know! That is funny about the mice liking it.

Thank you for pointing out that one can buy the wrong type. Appreciate you responding here.

When I apply wax resist to the bottom of my pots, I melt wax in a shallow electric pan. I have used up my paraffin and bee’s wax combo and just went out and bought some more bee’s wax… but also got soy flakes for candle making. Before I use it, does it work ok and just as good as paraffin?

Thank you all once again for your thorough input! I am forwarding all to my husband who is currently at work. He will get back to this discussion later. To me, it seems like our current panel is already pushed to the limit? May need to bring in a whole new line from the pole and drop down? Please excuse my lack of knowledge on the correct wording. Thank you for the complement on the set up. So much planning and work went into it, sadly without knowledge of kiln failure and having to replace wiring in the kiln. Also, we didn’t know how 30 amps is now very limited. I will post more detailed photos of our panel. Don’t know if the marking is completely updated. The other electrical to the kilnhouse are two plugins and one light. Coming in through the same as the 220 for the kiln. I believe the line is at least 5” buried.

150 amps

The buried wire goes quite far and bends.

Thank you everyone for your speedy response. I shared with my husband and he asked that I thank all of you for your input. The current kiln is outside our home in what I call a kilnhouse. Purposely built to house a kiln. The wiring is buried and limited to go any more than 30 amps. We were told by an electrician due to what we have in our breaker box. My current kiln is working, but was bought many years ago used. Was told it was from a school. I don’t know if they had changed the wiring but I am sure the wiring will have to be changed out soon. It is a manual cone sitter. Will continue to decide what is best to do going forward. I am not an expert when it comes to electricity. I am assuming the wire used to go out to the kiln can’t go any higher even if we had more power from the house and breaker box.

Hello all, My wife currently uses an older Paragon kiln and looking at purchasing a different one in better shape. The one we are looking at is a 50 amp while the current one is a 30. Both are close to the same age and have the P-10 kiln setter. Question is are there multiple ways to wire these kilns so that they can run either or? There is not enough space in our fuse panel to go to a 50 amp. A new one would be nice but the 30 amp ones are really small. Any advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance. Wiring Misfit