Comments by "Pete Venuti" (@petevenuti7355) on "Aluminum Casting Part 4 + Vevor Melting Furnace Review" video.

  1. Your resprator likely saved you from getting drunk on zinc fumes... The Fibers are the least of your concerns , but if you are worried, spray down the blanket with a little sodium silicate (waterglass) , it will cause the surface of the blanket to melt together into actual glass, don't use much as too much of the blanket may turn to glass and melt through. Sodium silicate is a good chemical to have around, it is good for bonding another layer of rockwool or to repair it in the future, it will help bond your cement and make your cement harder and less porosity , it also makes a good flux like Borax, also mixed in your sand molds it makes them sturdier and able to hold more detail... beyond that i would definitely go with everything @carpespasm said, he said everything else i could possibly think of. Not having the right tongs made me cringe... Maybe now you can forge your own!
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  2.  @saveitforparts  your not kidding are you!... They should be ring shaped, the graphite can be brittle as I'm sure you know..
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