Rockcote Traditional Arts

Instruction Guide

• Introduction
• What you will need
• Selecting A Site
• Enlisting Helpers
• Setting up the Site
• Marking where the Pizza Oven will Sit
• Mixing Up Cob
• Forming the Cob into Bricks
• Installing the Firestone Pizza Oven Arch
• Building the Oven's Walls
• Filling with the Pizza Oven with Sand
• Building the Chimney
• Applying the Insulation Coat
• Optional Final Coat and Decoration
• Taking the Sand out and Firing
• Just Do It

Mixing up Cob

• To approximately 4 litres of water gradually mix in 1 bag of Cob using a large container like a kids swimming pool, bathtub or wheelbarrow.

• If you are using your own clay click here for more info the correct clay mix
• Continue to stir until there are no dry bits of cob left, adding more water if necessary.
• Spread out the piece of shadecloth on the ground.
• Tip cob mix into a pile on the shadecloth.
• On top of the cob mix place roughly an equal volume of straw.
• Stomp around on the straw and cob until the straw is well covered in cob.
• Roll the shadecloth over to form the cob back into a pile, and continue stomping on it.

• After a few minutes, once the straw is mixed in well, your mix is ready to form into cobs.

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