Post #587014 by danlovestikis on Thu, Apr 28, 2011 11:14 PM

Ok here goes. The kiln was opened and here's what it looked like.

So I unloaded the kiln.

So far so good. Here are some more.

I'm really happy at this point. Here's some more.

The girls have lost their green hue.

Then the downhill. While I take the photos I start to notice problems.

One of the SuperCarved Bob's has two small glaze slips inside. Ok I can give a discount or fix that in a couple of weeks.

But when handling the Aloha Shriner Hat a piece of Grog falls off. I mean glaze. He'll understand. Then another piece. Then I take a needle and pop off all that will budge.

Eventually it looked like this.

Well it was Dan to the rescue. The buyer wanted the Zelzah Bob that Dan bought and Dan gave it up so I could fill the order and we were all happy.

Then I noticed that there were bubbles on the Shriner Cult of the eye hat. So I discounted it and worked to hide the bubbles as best I could. However I saw some fine hairline cracks, could this mean the glaze is going to pop off here? So no charge for the hat and a promise that I'll refund even more if it pops off. So it will ship for display. I covered it with a clear enamel to help keep it stabilized.

Every other piece in the kiln was fine. Just the Shriner hats and 1 Super Bob had problems. In the end it is my job to keep everyone happy and communication is super important. Thanks for checking this out, Wendy