Tia Nicole pinhole refireing story

Tia Nicole tumblers

Ancient Jasper is on the inside of these. It came out with tons of pinholes.

Outside is stripes of

Tia Nicole tumblers

So after reading all of the suggestions Tia decided to refire in a glaze firing. She put a coat of Oatmeal on the inside where the problem area was. It’s in the kiln now. Firing to witness cone 6 but they are on the bottom shelf so it’s a tad cooler there and will get between 5&6. I’ll report on the results tomorrow when I am able to unload

Tia Nicole tumblers

Top is before the refire. Bottom is after. Not too terrible. Lost some of the color contrast. The inside is smooth as butter with no more pinholes

Credit: Tia Nicole


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