Cone melted

Not sure if this is normal or not yet. My wife told me that the cone bent all the way over. When I looked at it in the peep hole I swear it was not bent over yet. I read something about them bending after soaking for a while. So, I wonder if they are just always going to bend and the real measure is the point at when they bend to whatever angle at first. Then they just keep bending. For some reason I got it in my head that they stopped. But that doesn't make sense now.

So Saturday morning I head back over the Aardvark to get some 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 cones. I have a bowl that's coated with glaze. I want to fire it to an 04, then put the clear coat on it and fire it to an 06. I'm planning on using the medium ramp rate just for consistency in testing. The glaze is supposed to be a really dark blue. Hopefully it comes out OK 'cause it's a nice size for an Oatmeal bowl.

I think my wife wants to do some plates too. I think with some additional shelves we can do four plates at once in the kiln. So this should be fun.

Later,

John