Originally posted by ASPLM
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Over the course of the current 8-day cure, the shell is being misted down several times a day. If I was not doing Thoroseal, I'd not have a problem firing the oven after those 8 days. I'd start with a low fire and after a couple hours I'd check the stucco shell for excessive warmth, with the warmth indicating moisture. If the stucco remained fairly cool, then I'd have no problem running a hot fire.
One thing to note is that the stucco shell is not my finished exterior surface. If it was, I'd have probably done a 3-coat application. I'll be covering the stucco shell with a ~4" thick veneer of mortared stone. The stone, I have plenty of it from my property. I'm contemplating the idea of leaving a gap between the stone dome and the stucco dome so structurally and thermally they will be independent of one another, but...I think that will be unnecessary.
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