Penguin Pottery16 oz Liquid Kiln Wash - Ready to Use - No Need to Mix - Prevent Glaze from Sticking to Kiln Shelves

I know you can prepare kiln wash yourself, but this product is very convenient and easy to apply, I think it's totally worth the purchase. :)

It prevents the items from sticking

So easy to use, just add water and shake. Perfect for keeping my kiln shelf glaze free. Highly recommend.

Arrived quickly, and gets the job done! I am excited to give a few of Penguin's glazes a try as well! Definitely a quality company.

That was easy to use all you had to do was add water and shake and then paint on the shelves I would recommend

Needed item for using kiln

I washed my kiln with this and it is as dirty as ever!Sorry, I could not resist the Dad Joke.In reality, "kiln wash" is a treatment for kiln shelves so accidental glaze drips come off the shelf without taking a chunk of the shelf with it. I had this problem with my fire brick shelves so I decided to try this wash even though it is not recommended for this application. It is really made for the dense, professionally made kiln furniture but it worked with my alumina/silica fire bricks just fine.The kiln wash comes premade so you don't have to start from a powder and mix it yourself. That said, the bottle contents do settle and you will have to do some shaking to get the solids back into the solution. The application is straightforward. Apply three coats and let dry. Afterwards, you fire the shelf in a bisque firing. After that, you have stick-free shelves. However, if you do get some sticking, you should reapply the kiln wash to the area that was pulled up.The firebrick does fine with the wash, but be careful not to saturate the brick as it will lose some of its insulating properties and use up a lot of the wash. It will change the color of the brick so you can tell the coverage pretty easily.Pretty happy with this kiln wash even though it does seem a little pricey. You can make it yourself or mix it up from powder for cheaper, but for a few extra bucks, you can have the convenience of premade, professional kiln wash.

In my little Ultralite Beehive kiln, the floor is the heating element; once you get enamel on it there’s nothing you can do about it (well, you can try to carefully chip or grind it off, but again you’re doing this on the heating element- it’s risky). Having a moderate coat of this kiln wash on the element makes spilled enamel flake off easily without risking damage to the element. It does not effect heat transmission, and once dry (and especially once it’s been heated) it doesn’t put off dust that would contaminate or disfigure the enamel. It even covers the enamel I’d already spilled before I got the kiln wash, preventing trivets etc from sticking to it.