Homemade Fire Bricks

[jazzy]

someone sent this to me and i thought it was pretty neat. i have not trieid this--donmt know much aobut it--if someone had please share.seems like it would be kinda fragile--wouldnt it have to be baked or dried out to harden? i used to make pottery and have my own kiln so im just wondering what would make it harden

Homemade Fire Bricks

Fireproof Super-Material Made From Household Items

Starlite was a material invented in the 1960s that allegedly withstood 10,000°C temperatures.


Here, NighthawkInLight shows his copycat of the secret recipe, withstanding a still whopping 2000°C at less than 1" thickness.

The way it works: when exposed to high temperatures, it expands, creating a carbon foam barrier that pushes the heat away while forming an insulator.

The Recipe:

2 parts Flour
1 part Corn Starch
1 part powdered Sugar
1 part Borax
1.5 parts Water

When mixed and formed and let dry, you have a fireproof tile with heat resistance claimed to be on par with alumino fire brick, while protecting against both insects and mold.

Yours, Steve Johnson

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[LadyLocust]

Intriguing. Might be worth a test. Also need to look at price. Might be cheaper (and easier) to purchase them.

 

[Weedygarden]

Intriguing. Might be worth a test. Also need to look at price. Might be cheaper (and easier) to purchase them.

I wondered about that too.

 

[Haertig]

It they don't work out as fire bricks, it looks like you might be able to eat them. Maybe not the Borax though.

 

[bkt]

That's interesting and probably worth a try.

We've just saved our used toilet paper tubes, dryer lint and candles. Shove the lint in the tube and saturate it with melted wax. It tends to be pretty water-proof, but once lit it will start a fire.