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Ruined Pit Fired Pieces Mel Owen 06-28-2007
Posted by Mel Owen on June 28, 2007, 2:40 pm
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Attended a ceramics class and of course, as we were pit firing it rained
and doused the fire. The results were not pretty! I'm now back home and only
can electric fire. Can I add low fire glaze to the bowls and re-fire them ?



Posted by DKat on June 28, 2007, 3:36 pm
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Yes

> Attended a ceramics class and of course, as we were pit firing it rained
> and doused the fire. The results were not pretty! I'm now back home and
> only can electric fire. Can I add low fire glaze to the bowls and re-fire
> them ?
>



Posted by steve slgraber@aol.com on June 29, 2007, 2:03 am
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yes, or try raku or high fire on the same pieces.

see ya

steve


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Posted by steve slgraber@aol.com on June 29, 2007, 2:05 am
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by the way - i only use cone 10 clays for raku, pit, high fire. so i
can swap a pot thru all of the processes with no problem.

see ya

steve




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Posted by WJS on June 29, 2007, 4:03 pm
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Ahhhh,
but will it be vitreous at pit fire temps <g>? Prolly not.
Best,
Wayne Seidl


steve slgraber@aol.com wrote:
> by the way - i only use cone 10 clays for raku, pit, high fire. so i
> can swap a pot thru all of the processes with no problem.
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>>> Attended a ceramics class and of course, as we were pit firing it rained
>>> and doused the fire. The results were not pretty! I'm now back home and
>>> only can electric fire. Can I add low fire glaze to the bowls and re-fire
>>> them ?- Hide quoted text -
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