High Bridge Pottery Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 This video popped up in my subscription box and I thought it would be worth sharing on here. Haven't been able to find much about it's operating temperature or how long something like this would last but it sure is interesting making some refractory carbon out of bread. Seems like a bit of a strange one as in my head the carbon should burn away but maybe the reduction firing first changes something about the carbon. Very crude ideas in the video but nothing like trying it out for yourself. Bread kilns here I come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Fireborn Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 The TC part was very interesting. I can't wait to see your bread banded kiln though. Do post pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeU Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Do you prefer orange marmalade, or strawberry jam and peanut butter with that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrgpots Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 If you soaked the loaf of bread in Sodium silicate and compressed the loaf with a 10- 20 ton press prior to placing it in the chamber, then fired it in an Argon environment, you would have silicon carbide.....a kiln shelf. There is a great article Feb 2005 Science daily about making petrified wood using similar technique. They placed wood in acid to breakdown the cellulose a bit, then soaked it in hot sodium silicate. It went into an Argon oven and came out petrified. So you could make a kiln out of wood if you wanted to.. Jed http://www..sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/02/050210005224.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Bridge Pottery Posted July 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Very interesting jrg, thank you for sharing. Now to find a kiln that can have an argon atmosphere... Going to be a long time before I ever attempt this. LeeU I prefer chocolate spread on my refractory toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazenerd Posted July 19, 2016 Report Share Posted July 19, 2016 Looks like my normal breakfast. Nerd K26 Wonder Brick- builds glazes 12 ways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted July 21, 2016 Report Share Posted July 21, 2016 I left a couple of loaves in my woodstove oven for days looking accusingly at family for devouring bread at rapid rate. Novelty crunch for dogs when discovered, black but hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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