• Making Cone Pads
  It is best to make cones in advance. This allows the clay base of the cone pad to dry out to
  prevent it from blowing up.
• Lay out your cones in the proper order. The largest number with a 0 in front of it goes first then
  the cones from 1 through 10 go in the usual 1, 2, 3 order.
• Roll out a coil about 5/8 of an inch wide.
• The proper angle and direction of falling is indicated by the slope of the bottom of the cone.
• Push the cones into the clay with the numbers on the side. Pinch the clay around the base of the
  cone. Be sure the cones are about an 1/8 of an inch apart. They must be close together so they
  can all be seen through the peepholes of the kiln.
• After the cones are in place make a tray out of clay to catch the melting cones.
• After finished making cones put away cones, close up the clay for making the cone pads, throw
  away empty cone boxes, and clean up any mess that was made.
• If it is your first few firings, have an instructor check your conepacks
• When possible use standard TAMUCC Conepacks.

Some material for this page was copied with permission from: Central Michigan University-North Art Studio Ceramic Handbook 4th Edition
Recommended for Art 210-710 David Bolton NAS Coordinator