1963 Duncan Tiki mold in action - Other Crafts

V VanTiki Member Hawaii Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 1046	V VanTiki Posted posted on Tue, May 6, 2008 12:15 PM yowch! Sorry about the glaze bubbles - now you can understand why I hate glazing! :) What kind of "hold time" are you allowing while firing? And are you using cones in the kiln? I'm thinking that you may be firing too hot? I get bubbles if I fire too hot or apply the glaze too thick. If this is a painful subject feel free to ignore this post - I don't want to add salt to your wounds! I am always tortured when I open the kiln, witness a disaster, silently cry for a bit, spend a few hours trying to figure out what went wrong, come up with a solution, get over my pain and loss, then have to revisit the whole dang thing when my Dad stops by and wants to know why the glaze failed! :) Love the glaze on the far left! Mahalo for sharing - Henrik "VanTiki"

yowch!

Sorry about the glaze bubbles - now you can understand why I hate glazing! :) What kind of "hold time" are you allowing while firing? And are you using cones in the kiln? I'm thinking that you may be firing too hot? I get bubbles if I fire too hot or apply the glaze too thick. If this is a painful subject feel free to ignore this post - I don't want to add salt to your wounds! I am always tortured when I open the kiln, witness a disaster, silently cry for a bit, spend a few hours trying to figure out what went wrong, come up with a solution, get over my pain and loss, then have to revisit the whole dang thing when my Dad stops by and wants to know why the glaze failed! :)

Love the glaze on the far left! Mahalo for sharing -

Henrik "VanTiki"

Post #378520 by VanTiki on Tue, May 6, 2008 12:15 PM