jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 7, 2013 12:58:31 GMT -5
Smaller yellows, oranges and reds heated. New large oven will allow cooking the big pieces before sawing. Most of that is not heated
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Post by Pat on Sept 8, 2013 22:57:05 GMT -5
Hope you show us after it is all cooked. I expect to see lots of red, orange, and yellow.
Will a yellow ever turn orange or red if heated long enough?
Do some of the corals just remain the same?
Am I wasting time hoping that big white one you sent will ever get more colorful? It's white trimmed in yellow now. Like the trim!
Thanks.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 8, 2013 23:29:27 GMT -5
I got to get back to the river Pat. I have cooked about 20 loads and know exactly what to collect. The high water is holding me back. I have several tons of coral but collected whites grays whiskey colors. I need to collect ugly browns and beiges with pores in tact for mineral entry. I have collected the stuff for 15 years; never for heating though. I had two corals out of hundreds that turned that red/purple color. They were collected for the garden and primarily their shape. I baked my first load in the new oven. I will get to see how it does tomorrow. I think it needs to get hotter. it stopped at 550F. I will find out what the coral says tomorrow.
All you can do is take it to about 600 slowly and get what you get. If you go hotter it will fracture. That's no good but it will get more extreme color. White coral does no changing. It has no iron.
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Post by pghram on Sept 9, 2013 13:54:13 GMT -5
Looking forward to the results of the new oven.
Rich
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Post by jamesp on Sept 9, 2013 23:18:23 GMT -5
Thanks Rich. I cooked a load yesterday .It gets hotter than the one in the kitchen. Grainy and low salt content did well. The coral from Tampa area was real black. Seemed too hot for them.
Another load coming out tomorrow. A large batch..
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 10, 2013 9:56:00 GMT -5
James,I bet your "chompin' " at the bit and ready to roll,when the river hits the sweet spot-LMAO.....Thumbs up Thats the way I get when the rivers finally drop here in the spring after the winter rains go away...
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Post by jamesp on Sept 10, 2013 12:02:28 GMT -5
It was back in February. See how it was down around 100 cubic feet per second. You may be able to use this site for feeders into the Willamette Micheal.
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Post by jamesp on Sept 10, 2013 12:14:31 GMT -5
Near you Micheal. Salem Oregon Willamette river for this year All these creeks and rivers are being monitored by USGS
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