Kiln wash the floor?

[Flyingcheesetoastie]

I can see the reasons behind battwashing the floor and sides etc and i've also have a major spill on the floor of my toploader after the kiln had dreams of being a furnace, but, I don't battwash anything but the batts!  I'm quite picky about contamination and dust getting into my casting so I hoover after EVERY firing and only use battwash very sparingly.  If I am loadiing a kiln where there is any rish of spillage during a firing at top temperature then I use either chunks of ludo (old refractory molds) or fibre paper to dam any potential torrents.

Kiln loading is something that you can always improve on and you should also be documenting where everything is in the kiln whe you load so if something does go wrong you can hopefully learn why and when it happened.

[Lee - Kilncare]

I can see the reasons behind battwashing the floor and sides etc and i've also have a major spill on the floor of my toploader after the kiln had dreams of being a furnace, but, I don't battwash anything but the batts!  I'm quite picky about contamination and dust getting into my casting so I hoover after EVERY firing and only use battwash very sparingly.  If I am loadiing a kiln where there is any rish of spillage during a firing at top temperature then I use either chunks of ludo (old refractory molds) or fibre paper to dam any potential torrents.

Kiln loading is something that you can always improve on and you should also be documenting where everything is in the kiln whe you load so if something does go wrong you can hopefully learn why and when it happened.

and they are the words of an expert.

The Bead Cube that suffered a terminal muffle failure was due to a suicidal KCR1 controller that decided that victory was his and cooked the kiln big time. Obviously this was a one off and OBVIOUSLY the kiln was replaced free of charge.

[mariag]

I misread that as muffin failure for a minute ......thought someone had doubled it up as an oven

[firedinglass]

I also hoover my kiln and just as i said deal with the shelves, paper or wash.

[Lucas]

I misread that as muffin failure for a minute ......thought someone had doubled it up as an oven

I misread as muffin too!  Great minds and all that...

[Flyingcheesetoastie]

and they are the words of an expert.

The Bead Cube that suffered a terminal muffle failure was due to a suicidal KCR1 controller that decided that victory was his and cooked the kiln big time. Obviously this was a one off and OBVIOUSLY the kiln was replaced free of charge.

Not at all Lee, I just have my ways of working and I think as long as you know why you are doing something, rather than simply doing it because someone told you too, then all methods are valid.

Poor Bead Cube, never saw it coming....  That's kinds what happened with my top loader, only far more basic - the kiln sitter got stuck!  Luckily or unluckily or something, I was napping nearby and smelt furnace so woke up and switched it off!

[Pat from Canvey]

I once miscalculated the amount of glass needed for a pot melt in my large ceramic kiln.The glass overflowed the shelf and the kiln needed some of the exposed elements replaced. Expensive mistake.