Post #736713 by danlovestikis on Thu, Feb 5, 2015 11:00 AM

LoriLovesTiki that could be an idea for another future Tiki Bob!

IDoVoodoo thank you so much. I love to play with Tiki Bob when I'm not working on a Wish List. I do them in-between projects. Right now they were made to fill the kiln. Some of them have found homes.

TikiAno what I can say about Tiki Bob losing his head is that the inside and the inner part of the rings will all match. Blood Red...maybe.

JenTiki that's a good one. I'm so bad at naming mugs that I've stopped putting names on the bottoms. I let the owners name them. I like Bling Bob that's cute and Bob's cute.

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Progress on the "fill the Kiln" and Wish List #5 projects.

Dan's still out in the below 50 degree weather to use the air compressor to blow off all the dust from sanding.

It was really fun to see that when the last one was dusted the kiln was perfectly filled and ready to fire.

I checked the garage shelves one more time to make sure I hadn't lost a Bob someplace. Nope they are all in the kiln.

The Bisque Fire is done and the lid is up after they cooled down to outdoor temperatures, more than 24 hours.

First out was the bowl to see if filling the hole with paper clay worked. I was happily surprised that it did work. So is Dan since he gets this bowl.

I unloaded the kiln and now these joined the first batch I'd fired a while back.

Do you see your mug?

They are all here and none had a problem. Not one explosion from trapped gas!

Now it was time to take all of these out into the yard for scrubbing. ebTiki I've spotted your Bob, how's your arm?

It's so cold out that we went to the sunniest spot.

Less than 50 degrees out but I'm ready to get all wet by hard scrubbing each mug inside and out.

One ice water bucket to scrub in and one to rinse in. The rinse bucket should have clear water until the end if I'm doing a good job of scrubbing.

Each time I finish a tray full Dan carries it into

the dining room table. They are all here. They are Wishing to be glazed but they must wait until all the other Wishes are further along. I've covered these with plastic sheets to keep them safe from dust.

Hows that a weeks worth of work in one post! Cheers, Wendy