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Tyler Frisby · Post by **Tyler Frisby** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:23 am

After you CooL your kiln to Annealing Temp (1100 F)does it matter how long it takes after that to get to Room Temp ?. Is Too Slow Bad,
I have a Large kiln And My Paragon Controller Read FTC,
Meaning Failure Too CooL is this Bad ?

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:31 am

Glass infuser wrote:After you CooL your kiln to Annealing Temp (1100 F)does it matter how long it takes after that to get to Room Temp ?. Is Too Slow Bad,
I have a Large kiln And My Paragon Controller Read FTC,
Meaning Failure Too CooL is this Bad ?

You cannot harm your glass cooling slowly after annealing. However, 1100 is pretty hot even for float, for an annealing temp. What glass are you using.

Tyler Frisby · Post by **Tyler Frisby** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:59 am

I was Fusing All Kinds Of stuff , Tinted tempered, Float, Spectrum

Soo You think I should Flash kool To A higher temp than 1100 ?

I tried To Mold Using Kiln Wash But I left too much space Between The wash and the Float Layers.

Tyler Frisby · Post by **Tyler Frisby** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 1:01 am

One more question out there, Do you think I can Stack 6 20'' shelves in Kiln, and Fire it up with that much of a Difference in the ytemp from top to Bottom?, Should I stagger the Shelves for better air flow ?

Thanks Alot for any Answers,

Amy Schleif-Mohr · Post by **Amy Schleif-Mohr** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:15 am

You got a lot going on here.

First, I don't get the kiln wash and the layers of float thing. Can you try to explain this a bit better?

Second, you should go read the tutorial on this website. That will answer many, many questions you have.

Third, and finally, stacking shelves isn't always a good idea. It doesn't allow for even heating or annealing of the glass, which is a key idea in the process of glass fusing.

Good luck,
Amy

Tyler Frisby · Post by **Tyler Frisby** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:33 am

Yes I have read the tutorial here it was very helpful, I also Have the Warm Glass book , I cant say enough good things about this book, great Job. Im sure you have helped alot of people just like myself get into this Artistic Hobby,

As for the Kiln Wash TechNick, VERY KOOL It Really Deserves another Kiln Forming Discussion I'll wait untill I have a Picture to Describe It Better

Yesterdays attempt didnt work out. But what I do is make a outline box (border) about two inches high SQUARE, And Fill It with kiln Wash , Simply depress your Item, Palm print, Block number out of wood, and depress it into the Kiln wash. Then Put two 1/4 inch peices of Float on Top , Melt To Slumping Temp and Soak a Little Longer. Thats It

Bada Bing Bada Boom Instant presice mold Technik , Plus you can Reuse the Kiln Wash.

Pretty Kool Huh. Try it out Ill Post my pic Of my attempt later today,
Gone wrong but I know why.

Tony Serviente · Post by **Tony Serviente** » Fri Dec 05, 2003 10:53 pm

Here's my suggestion for the multiple shelf stack. Cut dozens of identical one inch squares and arrange them on each shelf in columns and rows with an inch between. Do this on each shelf. Fire to full fuse and afterward look at what happened. The appearance of the squares will give you lots of info. about what parts of the shelves get hotter, and how even the heat is vertically. You can then play with the firing schedule to try and even things out through soaks or air flow. It's a cheap test that will reveal your kilns personality very quickly.

WarmGlass.com

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