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D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9319	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 9:34 PM Thanks MadDogMike, all 24 came out of the kiln successfully except... I thought I could take a short cut. I decided to skip the use of the compressor to blow off the dust before doing the bisque fire. I thought I would just do it once as I took them out of the kiln and then vacuum the inside of the kiln. That would have worked well if the compressor could have blown off all the dust from sanding and carving to fine tune them. But it didn't. I could tell by touch that there was still dust. So I used a brush to take off most of the residual. On the Zombie/Coral Reef mug I used the compressor before and after firing and didn't have this problem. So with the first 24 I will also have to wash them to make sure the dust inside the mug version is gone too. So one more step before I can start on my test glazing. Here are the photos taken today. HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WENDY AND DAN [ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-01-08 21:22 ]

Thanks MadDogMike, all 24 came out of the kiln successfully except...
I thought I could take a short cut. I decided to skip the use of the compressor to blow off the dust before doing the bisque fire. I thought I would just do it once as I took them out of the kiln and then vacuum the inside of the kiln. That would have worked well if the compressor could have blown off all the dust from sanding and carving to fine tune them. But it didn't. I could tell by touch that there was still dust. So I used a brush to take off most of the residual. On the Zombie/Coral Reef mug I used the compressor before and after firing and didn't have this problem. So with the first 24 I will also have to wash them to make sure the dust inside the mug version is gone too. So one more step before I can start on my test glazing. Here are the photos taken today.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WENDY AND DAN

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-01-08 21:22 ]

Post #570694 by danlovestikis on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 9:34 PM