Why has this platter has cracked in half during a decal firing?


Monday 20th July 2015

Your ware is fairly thick. It was already insight-live.com/glossary/95">vitrified in a previous firing. It now must climb and fall through quartz and cristobalite inversions during a decal firing. The firing schedule provided by the decal supplier ramps up very quickly. The result? A cracked piece.

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