Electric Kiln Glaze Firing Schedule

Kiln furniture prep read your kiln manual s first.

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. Glaze firing setting up a glaze firing in these kilns is quite easy. To do this select cone fire mode. Most commercial glazes recommend glaze firing two cones cooler than your chosen bisque firing cone.

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. The cone number is a way to indicate how hot you want the kiln to go. In most electric periodic kilns firing schedules are programmed into electronic controllers to control the rate of rise soaking time and often the cooling curve. The cone number is actually more precise than that because it measures heat work.

Enter your cone number and select slow medium or fast firing speed. 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. What is a cone. 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.

Jennifer poellot harnetty editor.