Post #581144 by danlovestikis on Mon, Mar 21, 2011 12:56 PM

Hi Surf, thank you, are you ever coming here?

Hi TikiKirby, you work hard too, I am looking forward to your glazing being done. Dan helps so much that it like having a full time helper.

Hi MadDogMike, that was the idea. I wish I could do Frankoma glazes but they have lost them too. I'm experimenting to see how close I can come. I can do it with acrylic paints so that gives me a start.

Hi MauiTiki,

That's my kiln, it's very large. I need to do a lot of things every time I fire because it is expensive. In the winter I do the slow ramp of 12.5 hours and that costs around $30 if I do it at night when electricity is cheapest. If I need to dry out the glaze some before the ramp starts I do a 2 hour pre-heat and the slow ramp and that costs around $40 over night.

Having a large kiln is good and bad. Good for large projects, I could do 24 Tiki Crates at a time, but bad if you need to touch up a few things and don't have other projects to add to the load.

MadDogMike makes more ceramics than any one I know and he has a small kiln so he fires whenever he wants too. There is a lot of freedom in a smaller kiln. So maybe one right in the middle would work. Just figure out what your work load will be. It's really good to have your own kiln.

Here is the last clue. See if you can tell who it is and then find the answer at the end of my gallery photos page 1.

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2011-03-21 14:44 ]