Description
Glossy wine red coloured glaze. Fire to cone 6
Firing Abbots Mid-fire Glazes
We do all our development work in a 1 cubic foot laboratory kiln and to ensure representative results we set our programmer as follows:
| Ambient to 200°C | 100°C per hour |
| 200°C to 1050°C | 300°C per hour |
| 1050°C to 1200°C | 80°C per hour |
| Soak at 1200°C | 30 minutes |
| 1200°C to 1050°C | 80°C per hour (fire down) |
| 1050°C to 900°C | as fast as possible (applies to iron glazes) |
| 900°C | soak for 1 hour (applies to iron glazes) |
| Cool |
This firing just bends cone 6 in our kiln. If you follow a similar routine and also bend cone 5 or 6 you should get similar or identical results. You may have to set your controller anywhere between 1180C and 1220C to duplicate these results - all kilns are different.
Some glazes may respond better to different regimes and a wide array of results is possible. The iron red glazes respond well to a fast cool from 1200C to 900C with a 1 -hour hold at 900C. We have not yet tested every option.
The iron glazes are very fluid but work best with a thick application. Experiment with a sacrificial catch-tray under pots until you have mastered them- and bat-wash your shelves!
