Coretto cover project

[Koffee_Kosmo]

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From my school day memories
We used to enamel or pottery glaze our handy-work I think my mum still has one of my mothers day presents some 40 years later

Its still your best option

This is all the info
http://www.ehow.com/videos-on_2875_paint-pottery-enamel-glaze.html


KK

[sidewayss]

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Would glazing require firing in the kiln to finish off? I hope not.

[greenman]

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How about "Clayton"?????

[Koffee_Kosmo]

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Would glazing require firing in the kiln to finish off? I hope not.

I believe that there is a low heat glaze available now
But you will need to check from the same place you got your easy dry clay

KK

[Mono]

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How about "Clayton"?????

;D ;D Not bad at all

Steve

[sidewayss]

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Mono = "Gumby"
Greenman = "Clayton"

Cmon peeps. 250gm of browns roasted in the covered coretto to the best entrant.

Deadline is end of this Sunday 12th June.

Gary at G

[rival81]

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Alfoil has the benefit of reflecting heat instead of absorbing it, and you can wrap it not only on top but around the sides of the bread pan too.

[Koffee_Kosmo]

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Names
I choose Keramica
The original name of clay or ceramics from ancient Greek

And for something clever, why not - i-cover

KK

[sidewayss]

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At the end of Sunday we had..

Mono for "Gumby"
Greenman "Clayton"
KK "Keramica" and "i-cover"

KK gets my vote for his "i-cover" suggestion.

Since there was only 3 entries, ive decided to give a 250gm bag to each of you, as reward for your participation. Thanks guys.

Will have a go at applying a low temp glaze at some point and using the surplus clay to apply the winning name entry.

On a different tack, i managed to fumble my 600gm roast today.

Initially applied 500deg celcius displayed, on medium airflow til 8 minute mark, then changed to full airflow speed and reduced displayed temp to 400 deg cel. just attempting to slow the roast down at the cusp of first crack.
First crack at 10.5 minutes, but the temperature rise did not slow down and was still powering on at 10 degrees per minute rather than the usual 3 deg rise per minute im used to. So subsequently first crack flowed more or less straight into second crack. I stopped everything and dumped beans to cool.

I was following the roasting guidelines, but in this case it seems to increased airflow maintained the increase in temperature even though the temperature was turned down by 100 degrees.

Ill try another roast next weekend but will keep the gun at medium airflow throughout.
Can anyone advise/help?

Gary at G

[Mono]

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i-cover sounds good.

Steve

[Pavoniboy]

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Mal, I love your ventral and dorsal aspect titles on your photos. What is your background that informed you to use those terms (if you dont mind me asking).

I havent realised there was such a significant difference to roast quality with a cover. I was simply thinking it was about better efficiency. A cover has been on my to do list for ages but hasnt made it to my done list. Now I have the incentive of improved roasts it has suddenly jumped to the top of the list. I think Ill try a fiberboard cover real soon.

[sidewayss]

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I say give it a go Pavoniboy,

It gives an incentive boost and brings an extra dimension of fun to roasting with the possibility of improved roast quality as a bonus.

It will however, force you to change your previous roast methods and you will have to adapt to as well as learn how the beans react in a "closed" environment. This means you need to change heatgun settings and monitor bean behavior.
A bit tricky but good fun at same time.

Gary at G.

[Dimal]

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Mal, I love your ventral and dorsal aspect titles on your  photos. What is your background that informed you to use those terms (if you dont mind me asking).

;D ;D.... Scale R/C Aircraft Design and Construction

Hope it didnt give the impression of pretentiousness at all. Just thought it was the simplest way to describe the cover and its orientation.... :P

Mal.

[sidewayss]

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Just wanted to show how my cover was finished off.
Unfortunately i couldnt apply the name as they could not stick.
Applied two coats of colour. The one i used was Indian yellow.
The next day i applied a lacquer to add a shine.

Using the cover in practice showed the colour and finish is stable and not prone to heat.

Interesting thing about clay is that i can use bare hands to grab the handle and not burn the fingers. Was only warm to the touch. Only mittens were needed to lift the bread tin and dump beans to cool in the bean cooler.

Kinda looks cool. Now the rest of the coretto looks like it needs a paint too.

Will have a break before attempting Mals fibreboard lid.

Thanks again K Kosmo for the clay idea.

Gary at G

[Dimal]

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Looks really cool Gary.... 8-)

You might be starting a trend mate

Mal.