Post #764934 by danlovestikis on Sun, Jun 12, 2016 2:12 PM

TikiAno it has been a tremendous amount of work however I also did even more. Check below to see what else I did. 14 hour days are not uncommon when it comes to tiki work.

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When casting mugs there is always a clean up at the end. If you cast one or more mugs the clean up is the same. However when you open a mold there is the clean up of the mold itself so that part is more work.

Even still if I have an empty casting table I know I would be happier if I did a bit more. So 40 times when casting a crawl mug I also cast a fogcutter mug.

Remember the Diamond Head Island mug I made? Well I decided that it would speed up the Wish List #7 if I had Foggcutter mugs ready to paint.

So once all of them had dried I sanded the sides getting rid of mold lines and

Dan sanded the tops and bottoms.

We sanded all 40 of them in one day and

once they were done Dan carried them out and

blew off all the dust inside and out.

Here's the bottom shelf before firing and

after.

Here is the top shelf before firing and

after.

Once out of the kiln and by the side of the house it was

time for us to scrub them.

Now they are in the house and covered with plastic. They will have to wait now until I open the Wish List #7.

Cheers, Wendy