Saturday, December 18, 2010

Wet cleaning soft fired greenware




Soft fired greenware is fired in the kiln to cone 018. The porcelain becomes hard enough to clean the seams and polish the parts to a smooth as glass finish. I like to soak the parts in room temperature distilled water and clean while wet to avoid breathing the porcelain dust.
Once every part is smooth I let them dry for 2 - 3 days before the hard fire.
The last photo shows the difference between leather hard porcelain and sfgw that has been cleaned and polished. What a difference!

2 comments:

  1. oh delicate little hand!! I would be so awkward and clumsy at this stage, dropping hands and squishing them into fat sausages ^_^

    The final shot is definitely impressive!!

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  2. wow hugee difference cant wait to learn all this
    you are very talented

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