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Id like to add a hold to heal glaze pinholes in my next cone 5 firing. Should I fire to cone 4, add a hold, and abort the firing when I see the cone 5 witness cone drop?

April 26, 2017cone firing glaze heal hold pinholes

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Id like to add a hold to heal glaze pinholes in my next cone 5 firing. Should I fire to cone 4, add a hold, and abort the firing when I see the cone 5 witness cone drop?

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Yes, fire to cone 4 with hold, and turn off the kiln when the cone 5 witness cone drops. Write down the length of time the kiln was on hold. Then the next time you fire, program that much hold. …