clay lover Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 How fast do you ramp up the glaze firing in your kiln? I have a Skutt 1027, and I know I need to go slower the first ramp and the last one before reaching peak I run at 1208 per hour to 2195 with a 15 min soak to a good 6^., but how fast can I run the 2nd ramp without causing problems? Actually as long as we're here, what do you do with bisque that is bone dry, I'm taking 14 hours to ^05. That sounds like a long time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denice Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 How fast do you ramp up the glaze firing in your kiln? I have a Skutt 1027, and I know I need to go slower the first ramp and the last one before reaching peak I run at 1208 per hour to 2195 with a 15 min soak to a good 6^., but how fast can I run the 2nd ramp without causing problems? Actually as long as we're here, what do you do with bisque that is bone dry, I'm taking 14 hours to ^05. That sounds like a long time? I have a Skutt 1027 but it is a manual fire, I fire the second ramp a least two hours, longer if the kiln is heavily loaded. The bisque firing can also vary if the work is sculptural, I turn the bottom low on all night and then start turning it up slowly in the morning. The rate you fire a kiln depends on the type of work you are firing and how heavily it's loaded. If I fire a load of tile, I fire it slowly, too fast the tiles in the center won't get up to temp. Rushing the second ramp seems to make the third ramp take longer to reach temp. I bought my first kiln a used Paragon 35 years ago, I still use it, I have learned over the years it doesn't pay to rush. Denice (Wichita, KS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay lover Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Thanks, Denice, I'm happy to take as long as it takes, but don't want to take longer than it needs to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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