Marcia Selsor on tue 1 apr 97
Just to add to the info. I have used ITC on the inside of our soda
vapor kiln to reduce corrosion. I put it on the stilts and shelves AND
on fiber on the INSIDE of the dorr blocks. Wonderful. It also coats the
fiber with a hard surface reducing fiber fallout.
Marcia
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Hrnce on mon 9 mar 98
Dear Tony,
I appreciate your advice and wish I had the same good experience with ITC as
you did. As to the putty knife application ,I don't think the one pint amount
I bought ,would have been sufficient to treat the whole kiln in this way. The
poor performance cannot be explained away by application thickness.(it was
sprayed on)
You mentioned the recommended application thickness of 1/16 of an inch; if you
allow for the same thickness on both sides of the groove plus the element
enlargement ,and if the element (and they are old) is just a little bit
deformed there is a problem . Of course it may be that your kiln has more
tolerance in the grooves.
Jiri in Berkeley
Clennell on wed 11 mar 98
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>Dear Tony,
>I appreciate your advice and wish I had the same good experience with ITC as
>you did. As to the putty knife application ,I don't think the one pint amount
>I bought ,would have been sufficient to treat the whole kiln in this way. The
>poor performance cannot be explained away by application thickness.(it was
>sprayed on)
>
>You mentioned the recommended application thickness of 1/16 of an inch; if you
>allow for the same thickness on both sides of the groove plus the element
>enlargement ,and if the element (and they are old) is just a little bit
>deformed there is a problem . Of course it may be that your kiln has more
>tolerance in the grooves.
>Jiri in Berkeley
Dear Jiri: I am still trying to solve the puzzle. If thickness of
application wasn't the culprit then I think you may have just answered the
problem. ITC is not a miracle solution. It will not make old and deformed
elements fire off a kiln in record time. If the elements were baffed then
nothing could have gotten your kiln close to temperature short of stoking
it with wood. That's a joke! I only wish you had coated the new elements.
Your song may have been a little sweeter?
Hope this thought helps.
Cheers,
Tony
P.S Beware of OJ in LA.
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