Post #653985 by danlovestikis on Mon, Oct 1, 2012 7:00 AM

Hi Friends, life got in the way and I didn't do a lot yesterday. We visited friends and didn't start on tiki work until the afternoon.

Progress Report:

I put the items that needed the enamel set into the oven for 45 minutes.

I sat down with a flashlight and went over all the Sacramento Crawl mugs. We also choose a box size and I ordered them.

I found 30 of the mugs that were without a glaze or palm frond imperfection. I painted on the numbers for the run on these. Since only 23 were made from each mold what matters most is that the glazing turned out well. Molds retain their sharpness for far more than this number.

Of the remaining two I found one with a flattened palm frond and eleven with a glaze bump next to the palm trunk.

All with these imperfections were marked IMP on the bottoms.

Dan found more of the boxes in the garage and put them together. When our order comes today we'll have more than enough for the rest.

Next I worked on 30 signature cards for the crawl run.

Today I'll be baking all the mugs in the home oven. 45 minutes a load and today it will be 101 degrees here.

Later today I get to open the kiln. Photos tomorrow! Cheers, Wendy