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Thanks for the input, Rich.

grinch - Monday, October 1, 2007 - 10:40pm

Thanks for the input, Rich. I don't have a kiln in which I can control temperatures, so I went ahead and slowly (?) brought it up to about 600 degrees (F) in a closed barbeque, let it sit for an hour, then transferred it to the furnace and brought it fairly quickly up to yellow heat, then let it cool in the furnace. I've done several melts with it since then with no signs of trouble.

As I melt different metals in this crucible, I'd be afraid of flux for one metal re-melting and contaminating something incompatible the next time around.

-Roy


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