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Bloating
When clay materials and bodies bubble as they melt or over fire. This normally happens in raw materials that contain particulates that produce gases during firing.
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Bloating is a fault that can occur in the firing of glazed or unglazed porcelains, stonewares and earthenware clay bodies. Large or small bubbles/blisters on the surface indicate a firing rate or temperature that the body or material cannot tolerate. Please find more detail in the Trouble Shooting section.
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Body Bloating
Bloating occurs when the off-gassing of decomposing particles in a body has not completed by the onset of density and impermeability associated with the vitrification process. |
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