How To Clean Advancer Kiln Shelves

For those processes use 40 kaolin 10 ball clay and 50 alumina hydrate.

How to clean advancer kiln shelves. Advancer kiln shelves are made flat to stay flat no more flipping shelves over to maintain a flat firing surface. Advancer kiln shelves have an exceptional service life and are still able to perform after hundreds of firings. Advancer kiln shelves are a smart choice for soda firing where soda is introduced indirectly not by direct spraying onto shelves. Spraying or dumping soda into the kiln firebox and having it naturally disperse throughout the kiln is the preferred method of introducing soda into the kiln.

Clean up of soda drips from the surface of the shelf is a breeze since the low porosity of advancer does not allow the soda glass to get much of a grip on the shelf. It should be noted that using any kind of cleaning tool can dull the glassy surface of the shelves. Sign in register favorites contact checkout. While many individual customers report that they do not need to use a wash coat on their advancer shelves we generally recommend using a suitable high alumina wash on advancer shelves particularly in studio or classroom settings where multiple.

It is less aggressive than a diamond wheel yet still very effective. If you run into this situation we have found that short of sand blasting a semi rigid silicon carbide disc is an effective way to clean the surface of advancer kiln shelves. Mix kiln wash to a thick creamy consistency and apply with a wide brush or paint roller. A common kiln wash for gas and electric oxidation or reduction kilns is 50 kaolin and 50 flint but that mixture must never be used in salt soda and wood firing.