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[traviselectronics@cox.net]

Has anyone had or used the Forno Bravo brand mortar?
I orderd their 42" brick oven kit, which comes with 3 bag's of the stuff.
Does it have to be mixed strait with water or is it a sand and water mix?
I have been searching the Forum as well as the "plans". No mention anywhere I have been able to find so far.
In the back page of the plans it talks about their Refrax which they say has a picture of a pizza on the bag, the sacks I have are white, they say Forno Bravo LLC and at the bottom high temp waterproof mortar.
What should I do?
Travis

[dmun]

I'm sure you shouldn't mix it with sand: refractory mortars don't work that way. Otherwise I'll defer to someone with specific kit experience. I thought they came with Refrax.

[traviselectronics@cox.net]

This is confusing, there is no instructions which came with the kit and the downloadable plans are somewhat generic. I have been trying to make the best of it by reading the forum and the plans.
The plans refer to Refmix, but this stuff is basically in a plain white sack. Not sure what I have here.
Wanted to get the soidier course and entry arch mortared in today, oh well it waits till next weekend.
~Travis

[james]

Hey Travis,

Sorry about that. We have tried to be clear that the Pompeii Kit comes with the new FB Mortar through FB.com and the spec sheet, but I can see that the current Pompeii Oven eBook does not describe FB Mortar, or give instructions.

I have sent you an email message with instructions.

Also, I think it is time for us to issue a new version of the Pompeii Oven eBook. I will have that available soon.

Thanks for catching this.
James

[traviselectronics@cox.net]

James, thanks for the reply
You say mix it as you would any other mortar.
I have never mixed any other mortar before, so how do you mix it?
Add sand? Just water?
Please, a little more help.
Travis

[mluttropp]

travis,

I used a bunch of the FB Refmix and all I did was add watter. It takes a little practice to get the exact ammount of water figured out so start with small batches of the stuff.

[Ken524]

"Peanut butter" consistency worked well for me.

Mluttropp is right, it takes a bit of practice to find the perfect amount of water/mortar mix.