Ruined Pit Fired Pieces

Yes

yes, or try raku or high fire on the same pieces.

see ya

steve

by the way - i only use cone 10 clays for raku, pit, high fire. so i can swap a pot thru all of the processes with no problem.

see ya

steve

Ahhhh, but will it be vitreous at pit fire temps ? Prolly not. Best, Wayne Seidl

steve snipped-for-privacy@aol.com wrote:

But would any clay vitrify at pit fire temps ( low )?

For instance, even if you buy a clay designed for low fire, it doesn't vitrify or it's still quite porous compared to higher temp firings. Of course it depends on the supplier's blends. I was guessing you'd have to get up to Cone One* to get any great degree of non-porousity. I think I saw Cone One called a terra cota temperature on one list. Any that's still porous

Elaine

i accidently got some 06 clay (powdered slip) into a batch of cone 10 pug mill clay. discovered AFTER i dumped half a bag in...

anyway, it fired up really well. i was lucky the proportions across the whole batch was small. everything got an extra smooth finish.

so while you might find some o6 clay to use, i still like using only one type of clay in the workshop to avoid these accidents.

see ya

steve