scottyp74 Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Can I use water like they do with regular coal to manage the burn time and for heat control or will it not work that way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I restrict the amount of charcoal in the forge area instead---using fire bricks to make a smaller but deeper forge pot for it; but some folks do water their charcoal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyp74 Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share Posted September 11, 2015 i was thingking more like the charcoal that im adding after i get a nice hot fireball going in the forge pot. Not so much as to get the fire pot wet it self. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 NO! then you are just wasting heat to dry it out. Only add what is needed as it's needed. (And make sure your forge is tweaked to use charcoal rather than coal.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 It's better to make a deeper firepot like TP suggests, wet charcoal pops and spits fire fleas like mad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Charcoal and a 3/4-1" sideblast with a bowl 6-8" by 4-5" deep is the bomb. A botton blast is a real fuel hog, but you can "coke" wood on top. TP has more experiance with charcoal than most. Fireflees are as much poor quality charcoal as it is to much air. Can't speek to water, as I have never used it on my charcoal forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 The only time I've added water to a charcoal fire is to put it out. I control the size and shape of the fire with bricks arranged around the duck's nest and how much fire there is with fuel and blast.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancho Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 I often use water to control charcoal to get the nice spot especially when use it for heat treatment. Half mug in front. Half on the back. Never in the centre unless putting out the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 Heat treat, for somthing longish I will fire up the other forge, or break out some pipe fitings and a hand trowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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