Sac Ohana Tiki Crawl October 4th, 5th and 6th, 2019 . Updated 9/30/19 info on mug page 3 bottom - California Events

D danlovestikis Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Jun 17, 2002 Posts: 9216	D danlovestikis Posted posted on Sun, Mar 17, 2019 7:35 PM SACRAMENTO CRAWL MUG FOR 2019 based on the Lanai on Freeport Blvd. For 76 days I've dried the molds each night and poured a mug each day. Molds have to be cleaned after each cast too. 76 times I've cleaned a mug while listening to TV. One by one they lined up to dry. When completely dry they were moved into my kiln shed where in 40 degree weather I wore long johns, gloves and a coat with a heater behind me so I could sand and finish off the bottom of each mug. After they were dusted with an air compressor we loaded the kiln and they fired overnight. Then they cooled for another day. We filled dedicated garbage cans with ice cold water. One for scrubbing in and one for rinsing. We scrub them inside and out with numb hands. One whole kiln load held 17 mugs. They were touching in the kiln so when I glaze the kiln will hole 15 mugs with space between them. We close up the tops so that we can use the water again. There were more drying in the house as the project continues. I plan to get them all done and then I will do glaze tests and then I will glaze them all. Cheers, Wendy

SACRAMENTO CRAWL MUG FOR 2019 based on the Lanai on Freeport Blvd.

For 76 days I've dried the molds each night and poured a mug each day.

Molds have to be cleaned after each cast too.

76 times I've cleaned a mug while listening to TV.

One by one they lined up to dry.

When completely dry they were moved into my kiln shed where in 40 degree weather I wore long johns, gloves and a coat with a heater behind me so I could sand and finish off the bottom of each mug.