Electric Kiln Glaze Firing Schedule

In today s post an excerpt from the july august 2018 issue of pottery making illustrated steve davis explains the causes of glaze faults and shares a bisque firing schedule for an electric kiln that will help you avoid them.

Electric kiln glaze firing schedule.

Designing a good kiln firing schedule for your ware is a very important and often overlooked factor for obtained successful firings. The basics of using clay kilns glazes cones firing. The cone number is actually more precise than that because it measures heat work. The cone number is a way to indicate how hot you want the kiln to go.

Loaded with new color images that highlight some of the most beautiful results possible with electric firing the new edition features step by step instruction on forming and finishing pieces for electric firing kiln firing schedules for both manual and computerized kilns and even glazing techniques and recipes to try out in your electric kiln. However many artists find that firing low fire pieces at the same cone as they glaze them works well. What is a cone. Kiln furniture prep read your kiln manual s first.

Glaze firing setting up a glaze firing in these kilns is quite easy. Cone 06 is a good choice a typical glaze firing though of course what will work best depends on the project glaze type and kiln. Enter your cone number and select slow medium or fast firing speed. Kiln wash this layer of protection prevents glaze from sticking to the shelf when it drips from a piece of bisque with the coating of kiln wash on the shelf the glaze can be scraped off easily.

Most commercial glazes recommend glaze firing two cones cooler than your chosen bisque firing cone.