Picture 23 Soak - 1 Fired as follow : 100° P/H to 600° then 150° P/H to Temp 1186° Soak 15Min ..
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Fired Nick
25 Oct 2025
100 ° P/H to 600 ° Soak 45 Min
150 ° P/H to 1050 ° Soak 15 Min
90 ° P/H to 1175 ° Dan Afkoel
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New Fire
Segment 1: 100° P/H to 600° Soak 45 Min
Segment 2: 150° P/H to 1000° No Soak
Segment 3: 70° P/H to 1172° Soak 25 Min
Keep the kiln closed until it naturally cools to about 850 °C.
That’s roughly 1 hour 30 minutes after the program ends on a full kiln.
Then you can crack open the peephole slightly for airflow down to 700 °C.
This mimics a 60 °C/hr controlled descent.