Temperature help

[Rocky Gentry]

I have an 8" X 8" fully fused 1/4" thick sand- blasted blank I need to
A) fire polish the ground edges of
B)fire polish the sand-blasted face of AND
C)slump

In what order do I execute those 3 steps, what temps would you use and how many firings will it take?

Any help is much appreciated. I have never fired sand-blasted glass before.

Can't really shoot 8-ball..... Rocky.

[charlie]

operations are hottest to coolest.

if you want a completely glossy tile, in my kiln a firepolish would be 1300-1350. a & b would be done in one firing.

a slump would be at 1125-1250 depending upon size and distance to drop. the smaller the blank, the hotter it has to be. a 20" blank would be fully slumped at 1150 for 15 minutes for me, but an 8" would take 1250 for 20-30 minutes at least. i look in and see when it's slumped enough.

ymmv.

[rosanna gusler]

no answers here but, good to hear from you! i miss your sense of humor on the board. well, i also watch south park. maybe that was not a compliment. lol. rosanna

[Rocky Gentry]

I no longer have a sense of humor...Brad deleted it.

[Brock]

I no longer have a sense of humor...Brad deleted it.

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[Brian and Jenny Blanthorn]

I have an 8" X 8" fully fused 1/4" thick sand- blasted blank I need to
A) fire polish the ground edges of
B)fire polish the sand-blasted face of AND
C)slump

In what order do I execute those 3 steps, what temps would you use and how many firings will it take?

Any help is much appreciated. I have never fired sand-blasted glass before.

Can't really shoot 8-ball..... Rocky.

Yo Rocky

How is the polishing going ??

If U wanna silky fire polish U could do on the slump only

But U will pos pick up mould marks

I sand blast to 280

With a side fire kiln

I use Baffle n Go n Zap n Blastem tm

Use baffles 2 keep mould cool

But get top heat on glass from elements

Then fire after aneal temps on full

Dont open door peep

When fin crash cool

Brian

[Bert Weiss]

I have an 8" X 8" fully fused 1/4" thick sand- blasted blank I need to
A) fire polish the ground edges of
B)fire polish the sand-blasted face of AND
C)slump

In what order do I execute those 3 steps, what temps would you use and how many firings will it take?

Any help is much appreciated. I have never fired sand-blasted glass before.

Can't really shoot 8-ball..... Rocky.

Rocky

You didn't mention what kind of glass. Any answers before that info are not too reliable.

[Rocky Gentry]

All Bullseye.