Oddoneout Posted November 15, 2022 Report Share Posted November 15, 2022 My 11 year old and I fired off the Kiln this weekend. We added a shelf layer to the Kiln, a manual Skutt 1027. We have first shelf at 1 inch off the bottom and two more shelves going up. I could not find my witness cones, but since it was just for us we didn't worry. Now to my question: We used Amaco PC-56 Ancient Copper. We fired slow to a cone 5. The bottom kiln shelf we got what we were expecting, great copper color, breaking brown. On the top shelf we just got brown. I know without witness cones, I can't really tell what happened, but was wondering if anyone has experience with PC-56 and knows if we over fired it or under fired it on the top shelf. What does PC-56 look like under-fired? over-fired? Thank you, Zachariah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kielb Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) This may help https://youtu.be/ElsovWpt61c. Gotta watch all the way through though. Looks like strong cone 6 is bright, less is muddy. The top shelf of the kiln can often be the coolest because of losses and element placement. Edited November 16, 2022 by Bill Kielb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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