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GROG
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 6195
From: Tujunga
|  Posted: 2010-09-16 10:37 am Permalink
Way to go! GROG need you to come down and help GROG clean greenware and glaze.
Good luck with your bisque firing, but it should be fine.
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Babalu
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-09-16 10:40 am Permalink
Morning Wendy,
There are no rules in stacking shelves up in a kiln, however, it is good to keep them away from the sides of the kiln, as you have done here. If when you jiggle your set up here, and it does not feel too tipsy, then you are most likely fine.
My personal choice is to stack my shelves up as shown below...seems to be a little more sturdy to me.
Fire it up! 
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2010-09-16 11:19 am Permalink
Hi Babalu, Wow, super fast reply. I was going to give you three more minutes and then I was going to call. I need to buy more of the same height posts so I can do it better when I glaze. It will take two loads to get that done. I'm so happy to be keeping on schedule. I'm very hopeful that I'll get them done.
Hi Grog, it's good to hear from two ceramicists that it will work. Tonight I fire!
Thanks so much, Wendy
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TikiG
Grand Member (2 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2008
Posts: 1519
From: Palmdale, California
| Posted: 2010-09-16 11:49 am Permalink
Fire GOOD!!
Way to go Wendy & Dan - You will have nothing but success when you fire these goodies. Only the best for the best...Cheers! G
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Brenda's Tiki Hut
Tiki Socialite
Joined: May 02, 2006
Posts: 342
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2010-09-16 4:18 pm Permalink
Wendy, you are a goddess! Lots of work. Love the photo of you passed out after the last mug.
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Savage Tiki
Grand Member (first year)
Joined: Nov 27, 2009
Posts: 90
From: an inebriated state of mind in Napa
| Posted: 2010-09-17 01:55 am Permalink
All I can say is wow. I had no idea that there was so much work involved in the making of a mug. I'll never complain about the cost again.
Wendy is my hero! Golf clap for Dan too.
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2010-09-17 7:52 pm Permalink
Those are great photos W&D...you are an awesome team. Sending positive vibes your way for a successful fire!!!
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2010-09-18 1:41 pm Permalink
Gosh, thank you for all the wonderful messages. It's time for an update. I fired for 12.5 hours. I left the areovent running to help with the cool down but it still took 25 hours for it to get to 125 degrees so I could open the lid. I had also put into the kiln 50 glaze test (L shaped) strips. I unloaded them and both mugs and strips were fine.
Because I had put dusty strips on them I had to use the air compressor to blow off the dust again. See that frown, that's why I usually have tape between my eyebrows when I work. It reminds me to not frown.
The next step was to read the instructions for the respirator. Wax Resist calls for a respirator rather than a mask.
Not a fun thing to wear!
I was able to paint all of the mugs bottom rims. Near the end I did paint one top in error. I scrapped off the wax and then sanded until I was down to clean bisqued clay again.
All 50 done. Glazing starts tomorrow!
Now Dan and I are taking mom to the zoo. Cheers, Wendy
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Babalu
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 19, 2006
Posts: 2498
From: Lemon Grove
| Posted: 2010-09-18 2:28 pm Permalink
Yay!
I never wear a mask for anything...that must be the reason? :-)
Don't glaze all of those kiddo. Test fire one, or two of them. ^06 or ^05 - med speed - 7.5 hours.
Test, test, test everything.
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MadDogMike
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: Mar 30, 2008
Posts: 6412
From: The Anvil of the Sun
| Posted: 2010-09-18 2:58 pm Permalink
The mask really brings out the blue in your eyes! 
Congrats on a successful firing!!! I'm so proud of you. Looks like everything is rockin' along!
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years)
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3569 | Posted: 2010-09-18 6:03 pm Permalink
Thank you men. Did you also notice that my respirator matches my shirt? Wendy
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VampiressRN
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Nov 23, 2006
Posts: 5089
From: Sin City Lincoln Hills (NorCal)
| Posted: 2010-09-18 7:30 pm Permalink
...and so do your eyes. There is something to be said about the well dressed mug maker!!!
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moondog426
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 26, 2006
Posts: 210
From: Carmichael, CA
| Posted: 2010-09-19 08:35 am Permalink
Sacramento Rocks...Way to go Wendy...Dan...Duane and all the other grooovy guys and gals.
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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years)
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1895
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
| Posted: 2010-09-19 12:55 pm Permalink
Yeah what Ken said !
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rugbymatt
Grand Member (5 years)
Joined: Jun 03, 2005
Posts: 1201
From: Sacramento
| Posted: 2010-09-19 6:24 pm Permalink
Rock on Wendy, rock on!
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