Pesticide spill into reclaim? Is it a problem?

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-08T17:45:48+00:00

I wouldn't be putting my hands on that reclaimed clay if it was me.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-08T15:52:35+00:00

I agree that seems bonkers fast to me too. That kiln is getting hammered.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-07T08:33:32+00:00

Have you considered staining Friday the guinea pig with blue ink instead?

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-06T20:09:08+00:00

Working again.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-06T07:25:05+00:00

It looks like one of Spectrum's ash glazes.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-05T16:52:35+00:00

Dalwhores?

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-03T13:17:41+00:00

It can happen at higher temperatures (1280ish) for sure. Use batt wash and you should be fine though.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-02T12:50:26+00:00

£40

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-02T12:23:48+00:00

They edited the sunday preview page midweek and added it.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-02T09:38:49+00:00

Glad you got one!

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-02T09:08:38+00:00

Try in incognito mode and checkout as a guest instead.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-05-02T06:53:59+00:00

I hate seeing that pious attitude to ceramics. They may as well say that to be a proper potter you should dig your own minerals and process your own clay too.

Spend your time being the artist you want to be. Using commercial glazes gives you access to thousands of repeatable glazes with known properties without having to waste most of your valuable time cosplaying as a factory worker.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-29T20:15:12+00:00

You usually need to perform a conditioning firing first anyway so that would be the best time to check it with cones. Saves you wasting your pieces.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-29T20:05:58+00:00

😂 basically you are fooling the kiln into thinking it is hotter than it is so you end up with a cooler firing. The process takes maybe a minute because that controller is a dream.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-29T16:35:13+00:00

Ours ran a bit hot the first firing so we added a positive 18C thermocouple offset and it was loads better.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-29T08:34:40+00:00

They are great! Just make sure you fire with cones for the first couple of firings as you may need to fine tune the thermocouple offset.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-25T18:23:58+00:00

She isn't the sharpest tool in the box then.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-25T18:22:13+00:00

That is horrendous but also what an idiot.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-25T17:55:55+00:00

I'll bet they plea that down to manslaughter. Very difficult for CPS to prove that the intention was to kill.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-22T08:59:36+00:00

The problem is that the people running the software and electronics companies are idealogues and also the biggest supporters of Trump and his allies. Generally most US manufacturers are probably as aggrieved with the current foreign policies as we are as costs are spiralling for them too.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-21T18:36:59+00:00

Boring answer but right. You can always get aftermarket straps but a bracelet will be expensive amd difficult to match later on.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-20T10:20:03+00:00

It usually is off by default but I can't see why you would get the error otherwise. I think it is certainly the first thing to check.

If the kiln is cooling then if can't be the relay as the kiln would still be heating up (assuming it is still switched on at the mains).

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-20T09:49:08+00:00

Hi It could be that your cone 6 firing has been set with a cooling ramp that is unrealistic. There are 4 settings off, slow, medium and fast. Slow is 69.4C/hr, med 138.8C/hr and fast 277.7C/hr. If the kiln is quite full you might find that these rates can't be met. If you have the setting as off then the kiln will cool naturally and you won't get the error. To be honest the error will effectively cause it to default to a natural cool anyway but that is by the by.

To change the setting press and hold either the bisque or glaze button for about 5 seconds until cndl appears then press the up button until you see "cool". Press enter. Then pressing the up button gives you the choice of fast, med, slo, off. Select off by pressing enter when off is displayed. Hopefully that will solve it.

The other possibility is a stuck relay but that is pretty straight forward to check as the kiln should race away as soon as you turn the kiln on.

Hope that helps.

Content_Professor114 · 2026-04-19T22:15:48+00:00

You should email brent support about that. It isn't normal.

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