At 06:37 PM 11/3/2002 -0800, Roger wrote:
>The approach, as I recall, was to let the mortar cure for,
>maybe thirty (?) days, before the first fire. Then the first
>fire was a low heat fire.
The manufacturer of the oven has said almost the same thing...but they
said wait 2 days then fire a very low fire for 5 days prior to the first
real "cooking" fire. Basically a handful of kindling thrown in a few times
a day, no firewood for 5 days. The oven I am building is a rather large
clay/concrete thing that just sits inside all those blocks I have to put
together, never done this kind of stuff but I have all week to do
it. Yesterday was my first mixing of concrete, tomorrow my first mortar.
mike
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