Some firings are a shitshow, from the moment you light the pilots. Then other times, things just feel right. This is one of the latter! Some of that is due to aspects under my control: making the conepacks ahead of time, checking the sprayer, stuff like that. Some of it is weather - this kiln loves low-pressure days with glowering clouds. But some is just alchemy, some combination of factors that adds up to more than the sum of its parts.
This firing is proceed perfectly. (I admit I flinched, to type it out before it's over, while something could still go wrong, but that's superstitious nonsense...right?) The back pressure looks exactly right, the cones are falling in near-perfect unison; it even smells right.
The draw rings again indicated I was done spraying before even half the soda solution was used. This time I trust them, & stopped spraying. Now just waiting the the atmosphere to burn clear and the last cone to fall.
Unloading either Tuesday or Wednesday.
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