Comments on: New Firing Method – Continued http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/ Metal Clay - copper, bronze, steel, and White Bronze Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:04:27 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 Hadar Jacobson Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:07:10 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-4172 Lynn, The answer to this is long and I would like to address it a posting. regarding this. Please be patient, I am just catching up after teaching a workshop out of state. Thanks, Hadar Lynn,

The answer to this is long and I would like to address it a posting. regarding this. Please be patient, I am just catching up after teaching a workshop out of state.

Thanks,

Hadar

]]> By: Lynn Latta http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 Lynn Latta Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:08:48 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-4137 I re-read your post and I was firing too long. I ramped up sd2 to 1550 hold 1 hour. Does this sound like the right temp to you? I did this with a bisque bowl and it has lasted 4 firings. If it breaks I'll make another Fiber box. It's so great not cleaning out the dirty kiln. Thank you so much for sharing information! I re-read your post and I was firing too long. I ramped up sd2 to 1550 hold 1 hour. Does this sound like the right temp to you? I did this with a bisque bowl and it has lasted 4 firings. If it breaks I’ll make another Fiber box. It’s so great not cleaning out the dirty kiln. Thank you so much for sharing information!

]]> By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-3962 Hadar Jacobson Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:47:18 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-3962 Lynn, The stainless steel does not conduct the heat very well. I found 200 degrees difference between firing with steel and fiber blanket. All you need to do is llower your firing temperature. Lynn,

The stainless steel does not conduct the heat very well. I found 200 degrees difference between firing with steel and fiber blanket. All you need to do is llower your firing temperature.

]]> By: Lynn Latta http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-3960 Lynn Latta Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:51:10 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-3960 Something is not working for me I may have the wrong kind of fiber if that is possible or coconut carbon. But the carbon all burned out and the pieces were all melted. For now it's back to the stainless pot till I can try it with some other materials. Something is not working for me I may have the wrong kind of fiber if that is possible or coconut carbon. But the carbon all burned out and the pieces were all melted. For now it’s back to the stainless pot till I can try it with some other materials.

]]> By: Lynn Latta http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-3956 Lynn Latta Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:10:13 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-3956 I read this article awhile back and then decided to try it forgetting that you are not supposed to cover it. Oops. I have since tried it correctly and am waiting for the results. Thanks for the tip. I read this article awhile back and then decided to try it forgetting that you are not supposed to cover it. Oops. I have since tried it correctly and am waiting for the results. Thanks for the tip.

]]> By: Jackie Schubbe http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-2564 Jackie Schubbe Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:36:45 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-2564 Hi Hadar, I tried your quick fire copper today and loved working with it. I fired using the hot firing method in a top loader brick kiln. Some of the larger (probably 25 grams or less) pieces did not sinter properly. I ramped at full speed to 1690 and then held for 30 minutes. The process took 3 hours and 30 minutes. Do you have any ideas why the pieces would not sinter. How should I refire? Thanks. Hi Hadar, I tried your quick fire copper today and loved working with it. I fired using the hot firing method in a top loader brick kiln. Some of the larger (probably 25 grams or less) pieces did not sinter properly. I ramped at full speed to 1690 and then held for 30 minutes. The process took 3 hours and 30 minutes. Do you have any ideas why the pieces would not sinter. How should I refire? Thanks.

]]> By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-2562 Hadar Jacobson Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:48:45 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-2562 Lin, Always open. Lin,

Always open.

]]> By: Lin Altman http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-2560 Lin Altman Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:58:12 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-2560 Do I leave the vent hole open or closed? Do I leave the vent hole open or closed?

]]> By: Hadar Jacobson http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-2546 Hadar Jacobson Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:52:04 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-2546 Kelley, One reason is that stainless steel is a poor heat conductor. The second is that it is less messy. With every firing the container produces more fire scale that gets spread over the kiln, through the muffles and into the heating elements. Look at the label of your jar. If it doesn't say Quick-fire then it is the traditional clay. You can still fire it following the instructions for traditional clay, using a fiber blanket instead of an ss box. Kelley,

One reason is that stainless steel is a poor heat conductor. The second is that it is less messy. With every firing the container produces more fire scale that gets spread over the kiln, through the muffles and into the heating elements.

Look at the label of your jar. If it doesn’t say Quick-fire then it is the traditional clay. You can still fire it following the instructions for traditional clay, using a fiber blanket instead of an ss box.

]]> By: Kelley Barrett http://artinsilver.com/blog/2010/02/03/new-firing-method-continued/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 Kelley Barrett Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:26:58 +0000 http://artinsilver.com/blog/?p=2312#comment-2545 So Hadar, why are we eliminating the metal container? it seems to me this new way would be messier? and what do you do if the last shipment I got Was received the same day you announced the quick fire so i am not sure wether I have the old formula or the new? So Hadar, why are we eliminating the metal container? it seems to me this new way would be messier? and what do you do if the last shipment I got Was received the same day you announced the quick fire so i am not sure wether I have the old formula or the new?

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