Paul Herman on thu 7 feb 02
Greetings all,
I too have used ITC on my softbrick gas kiln. The stuff stuck to the
bricks well, but where there were cracks in the wall (the kiln was 16
years old when coated), the coating has buckled up, taking some brick
with it. The chunks fell into the firebox luckily, and not onto pots.
When I did the coating I didn't put any on the underside of the arch
because the thought of that made me nervous, and I thiught I'd see how
well it worked first. Now I'm glad I didn't.
Has any one else had the buckling problem?
Also, ITC is supposed to reflect heat back into the kiln, resulting in
fuel savings. I don't have a meter on my propane line, but there has not
been any noticable savings if judged by the gauge on the tank. Anybody
have any fuel saving experience with ITC?
Paul In Doyle
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>From: Roger Korn
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Re: Butler Bricks
>Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 7:50 AM
>
> No connection..., never even met..., etc, etc, just a very satisfied user
> of ITC
> products.
>
> Roger
Roger Korn on thu 7 feb 02
I apply ITC100 by diluting 1:1 per instructions, then spraying a THIN coat, using a
sandblast gun as sprayer. THIN is important. I've never seen the buckling
phenomenon. My measured fuel savings on a 16cf gas kiln on a 12 hour reduction
firing cycle to ^10 are 36%. Repeating the same cycle consistently gives the same
cubic feet of gas consumed, plus or minus 5%, so conclude that there is a fuel
saving. By the way, your local natural gas company will frequently give you a used
but workable gas meter for free. Talk to the installers - the guys in the truck -
next time you see them. Lots of times, they've got old meters in the truck, left
over from upgrades to larger meters for commercial customers.
Hope this helps,
Roger
Paul Herman wrote:
> Greetings all,
> I too have used ITC on my softbrick gas kiln. The stuff stuck to the
> bricks well, but where there were cracks in the wall (the kiln was 16
> years old when coated), the coating has buckled up, taking some brick
> with it. The chunks fell into the firebox luckily, and not onto pots.
> When I did the coating I didn't put any on the underside of the arch
> because the thought of that made me nervous, and I thiught I'd see how
> well it worked first. Now I'm glad I didn't.
> Has any one else had the buckling problem?
> Also, ITC is supposed to reflect heat back into the kiln, resulting in
> fuel savings. I don't have a meter on my propane line, but there has not
> been any noticable savings if judged by the gauge on the tank. Anybody
> have any fuel saving experience with ITC?
> Paul In Doyle
>
> ----------
> >From: Roger Korn
> >To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> >Subject: Re: Butler Bricks
> >Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2002, 7:50 AM
> >
>
> > No connection..., never even met..., etc, etc, just a very satisfied user
> > of ITC
> > products.
> >
> > Roger
>
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