Singha Gold Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Not sure if I have the right forum here. But it didn't seem appropriate to post this in any of the others. I am building a Tandoori oven out of an old oil drum. I've initially lined it (Thickly) with a regular cement and broken glass mix. This has dried off and now I need to line the whole thing with fire cement and smooth it off. The first attempt at this was a complete failure. We got major cracks appearing all over the Fire Cement and had to strip it back. Not sure if we need to add some sand, some plasticisor or spray it down with water to try and let it dry slowly. Has anyone on here got any experience with Fire Cement? Any way to stop it cracking like that? Looking forward to some suggestions. SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletiger Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 A Tandoori oven? 'In the farming section? Now if you had said a lining for a retort charcoal maker...now there's 2 of us panting in anticipation. Maizefarmer will know something. Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jandtaa Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 How much carbonised naan bread and tandoori chicken should I add to my soil ?? J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soidog2 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Not sure if I have the right forum here. But it didn't seem appropriate to post this in any of the others.I am building a Tandoori oven out of an old oil drum. I've initially lined it (Thickly) with a regular cement and broken glass mix. This has dried off and now I need to line the whole thing with fire cement and smooth it off. The first attempt at this was a complete failure. We got major cracks appearing all over the Fire Cement and had to strip it back. Not sure if we need to add some sand, some plasticisor or spray it down with water to try and let it dry slowly. Has anyone on here got any experience with Fire Cement? Any way to stop it cracking like that? Looking forward to some suggestions. SG. If I only knew how, I would love to build a naan oven ! Any plans, diagrams, schematics anything ? Thanks ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundman Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Moved to the DIY forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 (edited) Have a look here http://piers.thompson.users.btopenworld.com/building.html Indian tandoors are generally lined with unfired clay (it gets fired when you operate the thing for the first time). I'm not sure that fire-cement is intended to actually render large areas, I thought it was for joining fire-bricks together, I suspect that is where things are going wrong There is a thread on another Thai related site showing people using the standard Thai pots as a tandoor-like cooking vessel with some success, if the pot cracks badly it's simply replaced (cheap as chips). More stuff here http://www.poptastic.com/tandoor.html and this may be of use http://oildrumtandoor.blogspot.com/ Edited April 9, 2009 by Crossy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 A bit of further research found this http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/3012/page2.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soidog2 Posted April 10, 2009 Share Posted April 10, 2009 A bit of further research found this http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/3012/page2.htm Thanks, have a look at this ! http://asiarecipe.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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