How bad will a cone-06 clay melt in a cone-6 firering?
I got my clay mixed up, now don’t know which piece belongs to what kind of clay. I am thinking about attempting to fire all with glaze at cone-6 any ways. Is this a bad idea? will it wreck my kiln
I would think it will melt into a puddle – at least by judging how actual low temp cones look at high temps. As long as you have plenty of kiln wash and nothing close to the electric element you might be OK. But then you might be not.
You could either fire a small test piece of each clay so you know which one is which, or you could use clay which you know is cone 6 and make a box or similar out of it into which you put the clay objects of unknown clay. In case it melts the clay will be contained by the box and not make a mess.
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