A week of light bulb is a good start. Then when you fire the lining and it starts to steam, turn off the burner and continue to cycle it on/off.
I ran initially for 1 min on / 5 min off. Just take it nice and easy. After a hour, I ran it 5 min on / 5 min off for another hour.
What you don't want is to hear any crackling or pops. That would be the steam building pressure and pushing through the lining.
After that, it had pretty much stopped steaming. If yours is still steaming, keep up the 5/5 schedule.
Jarod.
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 03:16:41AM -0000, anthony wrote:
> thanks for the reply! how long should i leave the bulb in? i've had it in for about 6 hours so far...i took the form out and a little bit came off of the top and the wood scews i used for the form made groves...i made a little refractory and patched everything up and sprayed a little bit of water on it and smoothed everything out
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> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Wonk" <tiwonk@...> wrote:
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> > A day or two should be more than enough, but if your anxious when it seems dry enough to the touch on the exposed refractory. Just be gentle removing the inner form! Start the curing with a light bulb inside and a damp cloth over the opening so it dries slowly.
> > You should be melting in no time!
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> > Cheers wonk
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