pipitsa Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Hi everyone, My kiln goes up to 1,300 C. Is that high enough to melt glass? I've tried at 1,100 and some of the glass pieces melted and others didn't. I'm using regular bottle glass. Thanks! Penny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobydoozie Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Here's a great page with information about the different stages of glass in a kiln. Your kiln is plenty hot at 1300 degrees celcius. http://www.warmglass.com/basic.htm Here's another page that explains a schedule. Glass requires time as well as heat to melt or slump. http://www.glass-fusing-made-easy.com/firing-schedule.html I use a kiln with a digital controler which is fantastic for glass fusing as the schedules are already built into the controller base on speed and desired result, such as a fast full fuse, slow slump, etc... You can get the same result with a pyrometer and kitchen timer, its just a bit more intensive. A lot of cermists slump glass bottle using cone 016. Here's another great article on using cones to slump bottles: http://www.paragonweb.com/Kiln_Pointer.cfm?PID=61 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted November 7, 2011 Report Share Posted November 7, 2011 Here's a great page with information about the different stages of glass in a kiln. Your kiln is plenty hot at 1300 degrees celcius. http://www.warmglass.com/basic.htm Well ......!! Thank you for the question and thank you so much for the answer - I found the above link really very useful. What a great forum this is Christine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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