More pitfire experiments ... Please subscribe to this YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1DP_AX19jVNFA5JN6W9vbg Follow me on Instagram to see my newest pottery: https://www.instagram.com/mikkeldemib/ One of the problems with pitfired pottery - or any other low fired pottery (such as Raku) is that it is not 100% water proof. So I have often been asked if it is possible to glaze the pot on the inside either before or after the pitfire to seal it perfectly. In theory this is not possible If you glaze your pottery after you have pitfired it the high temperature used in a glaze fire will burn away the pitfired colors. But what about glazing it before? In theory this is not possible either. The problem is that when your pottery is glazed the temperature is so high that the clay vitrify - it becomes solid ceramic and the colors from a pitfire will not attach. At least, this is the theory. But like all theories I like to test them. Who knows, maybe there is a solution. That would be great. I would love the combination of the great pitfire colors and the water proof quality of glaze. So, I will test this in this video - along with some other pitfire tests. See the video for the final result ... INDEX: 00:00 Pitfire Experiments 01:10 Can you Pitfire Glazed Pottery? 04:05 Pitfire Christmas Ornaments 05:51 Using eggshelfs as a Pitifre Colorant 06:28 Preparing the Oil Drum for Pitfire 08:12 The Wood to use for Pitfire 10:02 Preparing the pots for coloring 13:24 Crumbling the Tin Foil for better patterns 14:22 Use protection when working with chemicals 15:00 Coloring with Ferric Chloride 17:39 Coloring with Cobalt Sulfate 20:31 Packing the pots in Tin Foil with Colorants 24:00 Refire Pitfire 27:38 Roling pots in Colorant 30:05 Adding hard woord to the oil drum 35:34 Coloring the Christmas Ornaments 37:03 Packing up the Christmas Ornaments in Tin Foil 39:55 Wrapping up the pre-glazed pot for Pitfire 42:40 Finish the packing of the oil drum - ready to fire 44:50 Getting ready to fire the pit - clean up! 47:45 Adding more wood to the fire 49:36 The Next Morning 50:40 Unloading the pitfire kiln 58:52 The Results of The Pitfire Day