Heatmizer

Diablo burner from Chile Forge

My name is Jeff, real estate business but have been a hobby knife maker for about 10 years. Stock grinding knives in the past but decided to learn forge knife making. Building gas forge now and eager to learn. Thanks for allowing me to join.

New to site and forging. First forge I'm making from pipe I found at scrapyard. Just a hobby knife maker. Going to make it look like a pig with wings just for fun. I've read and researched on how to build but just found this site. Open to any suggestions. Currently have 2in koa wool, one coat santinite drying now. Plan on another coat, then itc-100. Confused if I should cure refractory coating before applying itc-100 or should I do it all at once?