Hello all,
Let me start by saying I am a total newb to all of this, but I have been doing a lot of reading on this forum the last couple of months.
I am building a foundry/furnace out of an old beer keg. My main interest are to melt/cast aluminum and copper to begin with. Brass interest me but from what I have read on here, it is pretty nasty stuff to mess with so maybe later on that.
I have the top cut off the keg and purchased 2" kawool, rigidizer, ITC-100, tongs, clay graphite crucible, and made my burner(waste oil burner). I have purchased welding gloves, face shield, respirator, much of the safety equipment. That is about as far as I hove gotten. My question is do I need to install a hard refractory liner after the kaowool or can I use Satanite or something similar and then coat with the ITC-100? I know Frosty recommends kast-o-lite 30 but there is no place close to me that has it and every place that I have checked wants close to $150 in shipping fees to send me a 55lb $100 bag. The area inside the keg is almost 8 sq ft, so I would need many bags of it too. What are the pros/cons by not installing the hard liner and just using Satanite? Every place close to me just gives me the "deer in the headlight stare" when I ask about any of this stuff.
Also, can anyone give me the coverage area of Satanite? I have emailed back and forth all day to Harbison Walker and they can not even tell me. You would think that the manufacturer would know huh? They say it is a mortar and is for brick laying. They keep recommending me get Mizzou Castable Plus. Again, no where available close to me.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.