Mid fire earthenware should be fired between cone 2 and cone 7.
Bisque firing temperature ceramic cone chart.
Mostly yellow with a hint of orange.
They are useful in determining when a firing is complete if the kiln provided enough heat if there was a temperature difference in the kiln or if a problem occured during the firing.
However as stated above other potters choose to bisque fire at other temperatures.
Ware and glaze types.
Sometimes doing their first fire as low as 010.
For example most commercial glazes recommend bisque firing to cone 04 and glaze firing to cone 06 which is cooler.
Raku clay is usually bisque fired to cone 04 to 1 clays that are to have crystalline glazes should be bisque fired slightly higher than normal i e.
Low fire white terra cotta is generally bisque fired at cone 02 to 1.
This means that it must be baked in a special furnace called a kiln to a minimum temperature of about 1112 f.
A body clay with underglaze can be bisque fired at cone 4 to 6 then have a low fire glaze firing at cone 06 to 04.
Kiln firing chart temperature c f 1400 2552 1300 2372 1200 2192 1100 2012 1000 1832 900 0111652 800 1472 700 0191292 600 1112 500 932 400 752 300 572 200 392 100 212 cone approx 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 01 02 03.
In the past this was mainly due to limitations in kiln technology.
To become hard and glass like clay must be fired.
This is the most common temperature range for industrial ceramics.
For mid range material a kiln should be firing at a temperature between 2124 and 2264 1162 1240.
However low fire temperatures allow potters to use a variety of colorants that either burn off or become unstable at higher temperatures.
From this position as long as you are bisque firing slowly cone 04 is an optimal temperature to bisque fire.
Pottery and ceramic firing chart fact 1.
Cone temperature conversion chart.
By cone 08 the ware is sintered and has become a ceramic material.
2048 f 1120 c the low fire range has historically been the most commonly used firing range.
Stoneware glaze some decals fire to cone 10.
Generally bisque firing is done between cone 08 and cone 04 no matter what the maturation temperature of the clay and of the glazes that will be used later.
In low fire the bisque temperature is usually hotter than the firing temperature.
To cone 02 approx.
What temperature should a bisque firing go to.
They recommend a cone 04 bisque fire regardless of what clay and glaze you are using.