Post #740207 by danlovestikis on Thu, Mar 26, 2015 8:32 PM

After another 12 hour work day I'm about to go to bed and read. Of course Dan's staying up until he's seen the Vikings do battle. Today I finished the rest of the Hula Girl Hot Tub Mugs. They will now dry for a few weeks to prevent the added on hair from falling off.

Time to open the kiln and wash everything. First we wash our hands so remove all oil. Any oil put on a bisque fired piece will make the glaze crawl. So it's important to have dried out skin when glazing or even just handling the pieces.

First out the two Maori Lamps. None of the added on doo dads along the sides came off. Success!

Next I carefully unloaded the bottom shelf and inspected each piece.

Each went onto a tray. The pieces have clay dust from when they shrank in the kiln. So these trays can be wiped off but not totally free of dust.

No blow ups at all.

Old friends piling up.

These were not Wish List pieces but came along for the ride.

Now it was time to scrub. One tub for washing and one for rinsing. Not a speck of dust can be on the pieces when they are glazed.

All together waiting to be scrubbed.

I scrub them hard. If anything is going to pop off it's going to be now.

Nothing popped off any of them.

Each piece is rinsed and then put on a black tray that was pre-washed and dust free.

Dan carried them all into the house.

Now I uncovered the other batches that were already bisque fired and I put all of the Wish List #5 piece together.

On the other end of the table are the pieces that have not yet found a home. I will glaze them after the Wish List and present them for sale. Most are on page 406 of my thread.

A photo of all the projects together on the table. I'm going to be very busy. This year we will miss Tiki Kon, Tiki Caliente and maybe even Tiki Oasis.

Now I have covered them with dust free plastic table clothes. They sit for a couple of days to dry before I start to glaze.

Next up I have to clean up the nook and dust until I can't find any with a white glove. Then I'll start to glaze these.

I did more projects besides all of these and I'll start to post them tomorrow.

Thanks for the visits, Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2015-03-27 07:55 ]