Hi paul M i have a idea and questian?
Have you noticed any difference in turn down ratio? 2 have you noticed any faster warm up times? 3 does the ceramic blanket glow in the dark. PS AT LEAST I THOUGHT I SEEN A WK TUBE GLOWING HOT FROM A GOOD HARD RUN? Idea if not glowing, maybe a sac.thin sleve around blanket would add turn down ratio? 5 too 15 pounds extra weight no welds.
I idol longer than I ever half to I was one of the last 3 in the idol contest last year at argos we all gave up waiting for them to quit.
both were quit quick no real difference I could tell.
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blanket glow in the dark
[/quote]I cant say I did do some propane test and that glowed look up ceramic kiln videos they are cherry in side that was one of my insperations. after hearing about dustins.
Thanks Paul M that helps quite a bit on my WK burn tube blanket plan. I ordered 32 bucks worth from place few hundred miles north from me, thats good material to save on weight with on my s10 build. THANKS.
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Paul you must have got all your leaks fixed nice.Or and are and expert fabricator. Too idle that good, Glad you were able too make it too the meet. I hope too make it next year if my wheels are tip top ready.
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Kevin,
Plan to come. You will enjoy it, and get help making your wheels tip top! 
Thanks Mike R i really do hope too make it too the wood gas meeting. I hardly drive very much at all, still working on getting chunker built, and rebuilding my old 85 chevy trucks.
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Bought some 8 pound per cube foot one inch thick and it sire is nice and dence, i see why it will stand up fairly well till wood rosin baked.
bought some small peices so makeing 2" thick about same price if bought 1" thick after over laping joints. North star is the last photo.
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I would just watch handling the blanket mine came with all sorts of safety precautions (gloves-resperator-) its supposed to be some bad stuff to get on you once in place and burnt there shouldn’t be any problems.
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What Paul said , it has micro fine partials that can do damage to your respiratory system , we have come into a large amount of the Kwool here from a very large industrial oven , and by chance the people that made the oven many years ago saw it in the yard and told us all about how they installed the insulation when they built the oven , lucky for because they told me they wetted the blanket to mould it to the shape they needed , so me being me grabbed a few handfuls and soaked it in water and placed small amounts all over the outside the lid of a small bbq I have , once dry and cooked its hard and helps keep the heat inside the bbq for when I make pizza;s .
Dave
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I allways knew insulate was bad for you lunges, Thanks for the extra warning i am going too research now for sure.
Hello Ceramic Insulation builders: What quality of ceramic blanket material are you using for your WK type heat tube? Did a little research on it and I see it comes in different heat operation values from like 1600 deg F to 3000 deg F What is the value of the blanket everyone is using? It gets quite pricey for the 3000 F material TomC
Hi tom all i have seen so far was 6# and 8# per cube foot, the denser stuff 8# is good for 26 or 2800 f and a flash temp of about 3000.Don Mans will problly be more for sure. He will hopefully respond, i bought the 8# blankets,hope its the rite density. I found the place in northern michigan the cheepest ,9 dollars and something for a 1x2 foot peice. So i planed too peice it together and over lap on second layer hooked on air tubes and sitting on flange should stay without a sleeve aid or could use ring or two too help hold in place. A toltal of 32 bucks for three peices one inch thick.
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I have the 2 inch blanket thickness that is rated for 2300 F
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Zirconia Ceramic Fiber Blanket Insulation 2600F 8# 1" x 24" x
on ebay for $92.00 I thought it was reasonable.
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Here is a link…
Ceramic Blanket on EBAY
I have not purchased from them, but their rating is good.
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Mike that is some good prices, must be holesaler. After i bought my peice work blanket i noticed that the longer or larger peice you buy the price was much better Mine will have two seams instead of one, eather way will work. I think half or one inch thick would work for existing WK gasifiers, for expermentations, and or have on hand for the road if burn tube repairs were at the sene, then could use blanket after burn tube was repaired.Thanks for posting i am bookmarking too see how long it last.
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Kevin,
I believe that link is an EBAY store that is there most of the time. I may have the stores confused, there are a few more that sell specialized refractory materials, plus others not on EBAY. (I should post those to another thread, this is getting off subject!) 
Sounds good too me if some one would like too seperate, probly could been put in parts list. But then we new Don Was useing ceramic tube walls, the price seem really good there. One could insulate the entire unit for around 80 bucks and save on weight once convenced from the low buck version. The lowest dallor version works fine on full sise truck, though just a little heavy for small vehile transit wood driveing with less power than dakots. All weight adds up fast when fabricating. The standard WK model is fine if weight is keep too the minimum level as posible.
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This may be worth looking at for you ceramic wool users. Simwool Rigidizer - Silica Sol - Coating for Ceramic Fiber Blanket - 1 Gallonet-1-Gallon-/172485609789?hash=item2828f1893d:g:M0UAAOSw44BYg0sM
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