Archive for the ‘Bronze Clay’ Category

Firing Disaster Continues

Still not having much luck with the firing. As a recap, I planned to refire a number of pieces of bronze clay which were under-fired first time around. In the same tub I included two copper clay “bags”.
This is the schedule I used.

Ramp: 253 F per hour (137 C)
Target (Hold) Temperature: 1530 F (830 C)
Hold [...]

Old Bronze Clay

One of my holiday goals was to use up the open packet of bronze clay I had in the fridge. I opened it in mid 2008 and was rather pleased I had some success firing my first batch. I fired using the recommended firing schedule suggested by Rio Grande and fired in Coconut Shell-Based Activated [...]