Cajonat Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Three years with no mishaps. Until today. I went to turn my switches up to medium from low... and found them on high. Is this a firing disaster??? Guess I'll know in 24 hours but reaching out to the community... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 @CajonatBisque or glaze? If bisque, you may be looking at a pile of junk. Shut the kiln off if you haven't already. If glaze, depends on the temp it reached. Have you turned the kiln off? Do you have witness cones, or a setter? If it is a glaze firing I believe you could be alright. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajonat Posted March 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 Glaze fire...kept it going and it has just shut off (kiln sitter) - fired about normal length of time so that's encouraging. I have lots of witness cones in the kiln. So now for the wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 There should be no problems, and don't get anxious. . . .if you open too soon you'll getting cooling dunts which can be really devastating. Wait until the kiln is cool, vent a bit, and wait until heat coming from vent space at lid and peeps is slightly warm on the hand. best, Pres Cajonat, Kelly in AK and Marcia Selsor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Beller Diesel Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 Those witness cones will tell you a lot. If the firing went for the same amount of time, might not be a big deal at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajonat Posted March 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ugh...glazes crawled that don't normally crawl. My smokey merlot rims jumped off onto the shelf. Witness cones were all over the map. I have my loading and shelf placement down pat so can almost always get a consistent fire. I had cone 7 bent over, cone 5 barely bent over, one shelf a perfect cone 6. And some of my pots looked a bit warped. So chalk that up to never do that again... Pres 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 Not a total bust, but a good lesson. Sorry to hear things were not the best. Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark C. Posted March 3, 2023 Report Share Posted March 3, 2023 You learn more from your mistakes they say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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