Silly question. I have scratched plates. I have a electrically fired kiln that will go up to 1000C. Is it possible if I put plates in kiln set at correct temperature, and ramped it up and down correctly, that the glaze would reflow?
it'll reflow - but your colors may shift some.
~ although some of my re-fired pieces come out looking better then the
1st fire.i do this on chipped pieces.
see ya
steve.
A friend did this to some willow pattern dishes he had. The scratching and crazing dissapeared, but there were nasty patches of discolouring. He would not attempt it again. A
Worked, sort-of for the bit I tested. However, kiln had not been used in anger for some time, and some stuff has fallen over the item I tested. Little blue blisters. I probably should have vacuumed out the kiln, and tried it with something else first :) Actually, the problem was cracked glaze - which has been fixed, not scratches as I mentioned.
Supermarket plates, maybe 1980s? Not exactly antique. Well, yet.
I mentioned a friend doing that, but they were not particularly old, nor valuable :o) He collects antiques and is aware of values.
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