LeeSteele Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Hello all, Had my first experience with a bit too much borax flux and its effect on soft ceramic firebrick the other day. What do you guys use as a liner/tray material to keep this from happening? I had planned to split a heavy duty firebrick into 1/2" slabs and use that on the floor of the forge, but the diamond masonry blade quickly gave up. Ive got a small bucket of Rutland refractory cement; Do you think a nice thick coat of that would resist how borax flux? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 My experience is refractory cement will not withstand the rapid heating of a gas forge. Refractory Cement is used to stick bricks together. A better floor would be high alumina kiln shelving. I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3F Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 I use the kiln shelving. It's kind of expensive in my opinion and you'll probably have to cut it to size but it holds up much better than anything else I've tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 You can also coat the inside flame face of your forge with a high alumina kiln wash, I'm blanking on the one I usually recommend but Matrikote is more than suitable. Ah HAH! as soon as I hit submit the other name came to me. . . I THINK. Plistex-900. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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