How To Clean Advancer Kiln Shelves

Imitated but never equaled advancer kiln shelves are thin lightweight kiln shelves made from an advanced nitride bonded silicon carbide composition.

How to clean advancer kiln shelves.

They can be used in the back stack of wood kilns but most people prefer conventional silicon carbide shelves for wood fired kilns. Bought it and loved the results. It really made cleaning the shelves so much easier. Advancer kiln shelves have an exceptional service life and are still able to perform after hundreds of firings.

If you run into this situation we have found that short of sand blasting a semi rigid silicon carbide disc is an effective way to clean the surface of advancer kiln shelves. The advancer kiln shelves are recommended for gas soda and electric kilns. Neglected kiln shelves can result in flakes of kiln wash landing smack dab in the middle of a beautiful glaze surface or pots inadvertently sticking to shelves where a glaze drip once landed. It should be noted that using any kind of cleaning tool can dull the glassy surface of the shelves.

A combination of advancer kiln shelves and crystolon conventional silicon carbide shelves is often a sound kiln furniture system in areas where direct flame impingement and temperature uniformity is a problem. Advancer kiln shelves are glaze resistant and kiln wash is optional for many applications. Feb 28 by simon leach simon leach. However when going through the exhibits at nceca i happened upon the euclid booth and found the most wonderful tool.

Kiln firing reduction from last firing feb 15 with simon leach duration. It is less aggressive than a diamond wheel yet still very effective. In my car kiln that averages 33 35 shelves per load i get an extra two feet of space almost compared to my former 1 inch thick dry pressed english shelves back when i bought mine in the 90s i was firing 35 glaze fires a year at two feet of extra work per load you can see why they quickly paid for themselves i get a lot more work in a kiln these days with these shelves. Advancer kiln shelves are made flat to stay flat no more flipping shelves over to maintain a flat firing surface.

There are many shapes and sizes available including squares rectangles full and half multi sided shelves. For more information on the kiln shelf cleaner check out the euclids elements pottery tools website. Advancer kiln shelves are 19 times stronger and weigh 50 less than conventional 1 thick cordierite kiln shelves and are made flat to stay flat so there s no warping even after many firings under heavy loads. So now to do the dreaded clean up.

Advancer kiln shelves have been used successfully in second and third chambers of wood fired kilns. Cleaning off kiln my shelves a few thoughts tips.