ThruTraffic Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 Anyone have any experience using a terracotta clay body in saggar pit firing? I have some Standard 103 and 104 I'm going to use (06 to 2). The 103 fires the red I'm after. The 104 is supposedly 103 with grog. Not sure that's true as the 104 fires more brown (at cone 2). I'll be firing around 1550 to 1600 most likely). I'm going to do it anyway (test) but it will be about a month and I'm wondering if anyone has any experience on what results they got in the interim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted December 25, 2022 Report Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) One thing you can do to increase your success. Put your dry dry pieces in an oven at then turn it on to 200f for an hour. Then slowly bump the temp up to 250 for a bit and then let cool. This will remove the physical water and give it a better chance to make it thru a pit firing. Ive also done this on top of a wood stove and had the same good results in both pit and sawdust firings. Edited December 25, 2022 by Russ LeeU and Rae Reich 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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