Firing Schedules

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03DSFF Firing Schedule"03DSFF" Firing Schedule Cone 03 Fast Fire This schedule was used to fire Zero3 thin-walled porcelain mugs do demonstrate a point, it is best to fire slower if possible. The drop-and-hold is important to get a defect-free glaze surface. It…
04DSDH Firing Schedule"04DSDH" Firing Schedule Low Temperature Drop-and-Hold The advent of kiln controllers has made soak-and-rise and drop-and-soak schedules like this possible for even hobbyists, enabling defect-free surfaces on even coarse-grained bodies.…
BQ1000 Firing Schedule"BQ1000" Firing Schedule Plainsman Electric Bisque Firing Schedule This is for potters firing periodic electric kilns. Hold at the first step as long as you need to to make sure all water is expelled. This could be an hour for light ware…
BRTF05 Firing Schedule"BRTF05" Firing Schedule Bartlett Fast Glaze Cone 05 Step °C °F Hold Time 1 316°C/hr to 913C 570°F/hr to 1676F 2:48 2 111°C/hr to 1052C 200°F/hr to 1926F 4:03 Start temperature assumed: 25°C or 75°F "Fahrenheit degrees" is not the same as…
BRTF6 Firing Schedule"BRTF6" Firing Schedule Bartlett Fast Glaze Cone 6 No hold at the end despite fast approach. No drop and hold or controlled cool. Most kilns reach cone 6 at 2200, not 2232. Step °C °F Hold Time 1 316°C/hr to 1083C 570°F/hr to 1982F 3:20 2…
BRTS6 Firing Schedule"BRTS6" Firing Schedule Bartlett Slow Glaze Cone 6 No hold at the end or drop and hold , no controlled cool. Most kilns reach cone 6 at 2200, not 2232. Step °C °F Hold Time 1 83°C/hr to 121C 150°F/hr to 250F 1:10 2 222°C/hr to 1083C…
BTFB04 Firing Schedule"BTFB04" Firing Schedule Bartlett Fast Bisque Cone 04 Step °C °F Hold Time 100 66°C/hr to 121C 120°F/hr to 250F 1:27 100 166°C/hr to 537C 300°F/hr to 1000F 3:57 100 83°C/hr to 593C 150°F/hr to 1100F 4:37 100 100°C/hr to 923C 180°F/hr to…
BTSB04 Firing Schedule"BTSB04" Firing Schedule Bartlett Slow Bisque Cone 04 Step °C °F Hold Time 1 44°C/hr to 121C 80°F/hr to 250F 2:11 2 111°C/hr to 537C 200°F/hr to 1000F 5:56 3 55°C/hr to 593C 100°F/hr to 1100F 6:56 4 100°C/hr to 913C 180°F/hr to 1676F 10:08…
BTSG05 Firing Schedule"BTSG05" Firing Schedule Bartlett Slow Glaze Cone 05 Step °C °F Hold Time 2 66°C/hr to 121C 120°F/hr to 250F 1:27 3 222°C/hr to 913C 400°F/hr to 1676F 5:01 4 66°C/hr to 1052C 120°F/hr to 1926F 7:06 Start temperature assumed: 25°C or 75°F…
C04PLTP Firing Schedule"C04PLTP" Firing Schedule Plainsman Low Temperature Drop-and-hold We use this schedule for cone 06 , 05, 04 and 03, adjusting the top-temperature and hold-temperature as needed. We never use the built-in programs on kiln controllers…
C10RPL Firing Schedule"C10RPL" Firing Schedule Plainsman Cone 10R Firing Every gas kiln is different so this schedule may not work for you if your kiln does not cool at the same rate or maintain the same atmosphere. Our kiln is brick construction, downdraft,…
C5DHSC Firing Schedule"C5DHSC" Firing Schedule Plainsman Cone 5 Drop-and-Hold Slow-Cool This is modelled after the C6DHSC firing schedule . Please read its notes to understand the logic. Step °C °F Hold Time 1 60°C/hr to 104C 108°F/hr to 220F 60min 2:20 2…
C6DHSC Firing Schedule"C6DHSC" Firing Schedule Plainsman Cone 6 Drop-and-hold, Slow Cool This is our standard recipe for firing ware at cone 6 , especially reactive glaze . The only time we do not use this is when firing variations of the matte G2934 , our…
C6IRED Firing Schedule"C6IRED" Firing Schedule Cone 6 Iron Reds This holds the kiln at 1760F. While the firing schedule at https://glazy.org/recipes/111576 also holds an hour at 1600F and 1500F this focus on a single temperature is likely better. To improve…
C6MSGL1 Firing Schedule"C6MSGL1" Firing Schedule Mastering Glazes Cone 6 From page 144 in Mastering Glazes. Step 1 is to provide time for all remaining or residual water in glaze and clay to evaporate. However 220F may not be high enough, 250F is usually needed…
C6PLST Firing Schedule"C6PLST" Firing Schedule Plainsman Cone 6 Electric Standard We use this schedule to fire clay test bars. Pieces in the kiln have not been bisque fired and are generally not glazed. All the other temperatures (from 06 to 10) follow that…
FSCG1 Firing Schedule"FSCG1" Firing Schedule Shimbo Crystal Schedule 1 A very quick rise, late in the firing, to target cone is essential when growing crystals. The glazes used for this are very alkaline and leach from the porcelain the one thing that will…
FSCGB1 Firing Schedule"FSCGB1" Firing Schedule Shimbo Crystal Holding Pattern 2 No kiln will be able to achieve one or more of these rates of climb or drop. And, all but very small or thin-walled ware would crack. Fara’s intention is that the degree to which it…
FSCGCL Firing Schedule"FSCGCL" Firing Schedule Shimbo Crystal Celestite Schedule No kiln will be able to achieve one or more of these rates of climb or drop. And, all but very small or thin-walled ware would crack. Fara’s intention is that the degree to which…
FSCGWM Firing Schedule"FSCGWM" Firing Schedule Wollast-O-Matte Fara Shimbo Crystalline Glaze No kiln will be able to achieve one or more of these rates of climb or drop. And, all but very small or thin-walled ware would crack. Fara’s intention is that the…
FSCRGL Firing Schedule"FSCRGL" Firing Schedule GC106 Base for Crystalline Glazes This base can give extremely brilliant colors; I’ve had particular success with red copper oxide . I’ve also noticed that cobalt is far less likely to felt up when used with this…
FSHP1 Firing Schedule"FSHP1" Firing Schedule Shimbo Crystal Holding Pattern 1 From Crystal Glazes 2 by Fara Shimbo (page 137). The crystals in a crystalline glaze grow during the cooling cycle. As in nature, these crystals are the result of a slow cooling of a…
FSHP3 Firing Schedule"FSHP3" Firing Schedule Shimbo Crystal Holding Pattern 3 From page 139 in Crystal Glazes book 2. No kiln will be able to achieve one or more of these rates of climb or drop. And, all but very small or thin-walled ware would crack. Fara’s…
FSNM5 Firing Schedule"FSNM5" Firing Schedule Fa's Number Five Step °C °F Hold Time 10 100°C/hr to 200C 180°F/hr to 392F 0 2:02 10 250°C/hr to 500C 450°F/hr to 932F 0 3:14 10 500°C/hr to 1270C 900°F/hr to 2318F 0 4:46 10 9999°C/hr to 1100C 17998°F/hr to 2012F…
MDDCL Firing Schedule"MDDCL" Firing Schedule Medalta Decal Firing Instructions for application: -Trim around decal . -Place in shallow pan of warm water, let it curl up. After about 30 seconds it should begin to uncurl, loosen and slide off the paper.…
PLC6CR Firing Schedule"PLC6CR" Firing Schedule Cone 6 Crystal Glaze Plainsman With the advent of computer controlled kilns, producing crystal glazes at medium and high temperatures is quite easy, just use a really fluid zinc glaze and fire a schedule that gives…
PLC6DS Firing Schedule"PLC6DS" Firing Schedule Cone 6 Drop-and-Soak Firing Schedule For the reasons explained here this schedule is much superior to those built into kiln controllers (they have no holds, no controlled cooling). We use this, instead of the…
QICA Firing Schedule"QICA" Firing Schedule Quartz Inversion Cracking Avoider This schedule slows down around the quartz inversion zone and holds both on the way in and out of each (up and down ramps). This assumes a large piece that requires slow heatup and…