Soda Firing 1-22-26

First firing of 2026! This will be our 27th Kiln Firing. Follow along with the firing as I update this page on the hour. Dax lit the burner for their first time!
Cones in our cone packs 012, 010, 06, 1, // 4, 5, 6, 7

Kiln Log:

I will log at the top of the hour here what temperature, gas, damper, and notes pertaining to the firing.

  • 4:00pm - 64ºF top/ 41ºF bottom, KILN START TIME - South pilot/burner lit.

  • 5:00pm - 288ºF/ 86ºF

  • 11:00pm - 551ºF/ 345ºF candling nicely.
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  • 7:00am - 994F/ 779ºF, damper at 1.5” overnight. Gas bumped up to 1/2 pound.

  • 9:00am - 1134ºF/ 883ºF, damper at 1.5”, Gas at .05# south/ .25 north, air at medium

  • 10:00am - 1272ºF/ 1065ºF, damper at 2”, Gas at 1# south/ .5 north, air at medium

  • 11:00am - 1486ºF/ 1237ºF, damper at 2”, Gas at 1# both burners, air at medium

  • 12:00pm - 1481ºF/ 1367ºF, damper at 2”, Gas at 1.5# both burners, air at medium

  • 1:00pm - 1605ºF/ 1495ºF, damper at 2”, Gas at 2# both burners, air at medium

  • 2:00pm - 1691ºF/ 1598ºF, damper at 2.5”, Gas at 2# both burners, air at medium
    Body Reduction time.

  • 4:00pm - 1921ºF/ 1859ºF, Damper at 3.5, Gas at 3# both burners, air on high

  • 5:00pm - 2016ºF/ 1970ºF, Damper at 3.5, Gas at 3# both burners, air on high

  • 6:00pm - 2079ºF/ 2045ºF, Damper at 3.5, Gas at 3# both burners, air on high

  • 7:00pm - 2144ºF/ 2117ºF, Damper at 3.5, Gas at 3# both burners, air on high
    Started Soda introduction at 7:15pm
    Marissa and Tim came and helped out, yeah!
    2 gallons of water with 4# of soda was our solution.
    3-second sprays into all the ports.
    The metal sprayer gave up the ghost, good thing I had another plastic one as a stand-in.

  • 8:00pm - 2170ºF/ 2144ºF
    Opened the damper for 15 minutes, then put in the fiber burner port pieces.
    I’ll close the damper before I go to bed tonight : )

    Thanks ya’ll!

Front Stack

We will add more photos when the kiln is unloaded, stay tuned!

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