Subject: Re: (Q:) Castable Refractory Mixture

From: [email-masked]
Date: 29 Jul 1996 22:49:29 GMT

Check with Pyramid Products Inc (address in the FAQ),  They carry a very good
castable refractable.

John

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From: PPIERCE <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 08:55:45 -0700

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> 
> [email-masked] (Roto Flite) wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of a good home blend castable refractory recipe, or a
> > source   for a good commercial mix?      Any help greatly appreciated!
> > Thanks.
> 
> There are recipes available for sand/fire clay mixtures that will
> do the trick.  Gingery's book on the charcoal-fired furnace (from
> Lindsay Publications) has a recipe.
> 
> You might do better to just buy a commercial castable refractory.
> One company that makes these is A.P. Green of Mexico, MO.  They will
> send you a catalog of their product line (on beyond castables) if you
> ask.  Any company dealing with them can order it for you.  I got
> two kinds from a local boiler repair place.  They stocked one, but
> had to order the other.
> 
> Bruce

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From: [email-masked] (Dick Morris)
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 04:39:20 GMT

>source   for a good commercial mix?      Any help greatly appreciated!

Look under "refractories" in the yellow pages. I got some several
years ago at E.J. Bartells. I think they are national. It came in a
bag about the size of a cement bag. You should know about what
temperature range you need. 

Dick Morris
Anchorage, Alaska

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From: [email-masked] (Roto Flite)
Date: 28 Jul 1996 07:29:41 -0400

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From: C++ Freak <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Jul 1996 13:11:19 GMT

Try fire cement for repairing fireplaces. It is available at your local
hardware store. It hardens in DAYS and then it should be heated
SLOWLY unless documentation tells otherwise.
A better option (but only to obtain at refractory suppliers) is
alumina based refractory concrete. It is just like pre-mixed ordinary concrete
(you have to add only water) and withstands 1650 C.

Always check documentation before starting to build and before setting
'first fire' to it !

Klaas