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Zuma:
yes I see.It could work to burnish only the outside
how exactly is achieved pit reduction fire? sand covered pots and fire on top?

Glis
I dug a hole in the ground. I put a thick bed of grass in the bottom.
I filled the pots with straw and horse poop. (pine bark etc. will work as well)
I then filled the pit with dry grass and poop.
I then covered the pit with hardwood logs. I covered them with small
limbs and brush to start the fire. When the logs caught fire I then covered
the pit with a sheet of metal roofing and let the fire burn out over night.
The reduction occurs because of the lack of oxygen during the burn.
I have also used my small kiln. I put the small pots and beads in a covered
cast iron kettle with horse poop/grass inside and then fired them.
I am sure the covered kettle method would work very well in a small pit too.
This would work well with small lamps like yours. I would do it with plenty of ventelation because of the burning organics.
Now these two methods result in very black pottery.
Look into the pit fire thread on page two. "I built some stuff to fire."
Zuma

GlisGlis:
thankyou Zuma
wondering how my father could react if he finds me filling is antique stove with horse poop  ;D ;D ;D

Zuma:
Glis don't fill the stove ;D ;D
Look, just dig a small hole some where.
Get a steel container or cast iron that you
can close for the most part. (small vent hole).
Fill the hole and container with organics that are dry.
Of course your lamp/lamps are in the container.
Cover the hole with some substantial wood and on
top with some limbs and brush for kindling. light er up.
You can make char cloth the same way.
You could stuff the container with cotton cloth instead of
poop,etc. Two birds one  shot (container) >:D
Zuma

GlisGlis:
thankyou Zuma
I think i got it.
poop in the stove was just a joke
.... or not  ;D

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