Indoor Refractory Cement by MEECO's RED DEVIL 610 - Perfect for Fireplaces and Stoves

R R.: So a buddy of mine had a fireplace base (floor) that was chipping and eroding. He wanted my help with removing it and recasting it… weekends are for beer and fishing so I didn’t really didn’t want to get myself in way over my head and spend a whole damn month there just getting deeper and deeper. Bought this item item while sipping on some Tito’s thinking this will stop him from bothering me to help him. Followed directions and got down to cleaning the debris. Holy cow. His base was worse than I thought. When we pulled out the shop vac and started to vacuum everything out, we were pulling out chunks of the base that was just loose. I’m talking about the center of the base was almost 3/4" gone. That’s how deep the chipping went. In my mind I know he’s freaking out as his wife is somewhat of a complainer. Hell if she can do better, roll up them sleeves, put down the fancy bag and do better. Anyway, I digress, but skeptically we got the trowel and prepared for failure… opened the container and realized it was like mortar, sandy and all… not a paste like some people say. He kept bothering me to add water to thin it out so it’ll pull better, so I...

United States on Jan 04, 2022

Lucky leather: Product would puff up when heated and crumble away. Had bought two tubs and one was dried out more than the other. Messaged manufacturer but did not get a reply. Will not buy again.

Canada on Dec 28, 2020

Ldbchejxbc: Its fine for its intended use. I noticed alot of people asking about using this for a forge. Dont.. its not that kind of refractory its a sodium silicate and silica sand based cement. In other words it will reach very high temps but in a forge it will crack bubble and break off. For laying brick its fine. Not intended for a forge. Thought id give it a try. Its super cheap so why not lol im giving a 4 star because it is a good product its spreads like penutbutter. Just not good for a forge.

United States on Oct 14, 2020

Kim Kuhn: Arrived in a sealed plastic tub inside of a tied plastic bag. I assume for freshness.

The product warnings are a little scary, but the product is a wet paste. No fine particles were flying around. It did require a little mixing, but that was expected and addressed on the packaging.

It sealed up the small gaps between the fireplace brick panels very easily. Once it was mixed, it went on like a thick paste. It did not slide down the vertical gaps. It stayed in place quite easily. Once the panels were squeezed together, the gaps were less than 1/8” just like the instructions recommend. Even though the product says it doesn’t need to cure, I let it sit for a day to dry. The next day I lit a fire with a duraflame log and let it burn out. There was no bubbling or anything else like some have complained of.

I suppose reading directions prior to use helps. 🤷🏻‍♂️

United States on Dec 21, 2019

Jody Mazeppa : Just what I needed to fix the inside of the fireplace

Canada on Sep 18, 2017

RogerK: I bought this refractory cement to use for constructing a home made gas fired smelting oven.

The cement is a dark gray color and has the consistency of warm peanut butter. It spreads nicely onto fire bricks and is easy to work with. When it dries, it has the same gray color, but slightly lighter.

The cement air dries in 1/2 hour or so, good enough to handle something that was cemented together, but to really CURE the cement needs to be heated.

For example, cementing one fire brick to another, after an hour of drying time, the two bricks can be (with considerable force) pulled apart. However, if the same setup is heated (I baked mine in the home oven at 500F. for a few hours) the same bricks will crack elsewhere before the joint fails.

In summary, this cement works great, it's easy to use, easy to apply and cleans up with water. It dries "well enough" to handle assembled items, but for a full strength cure, the cement must be heated.

(Added info 23 September 2014):

One important thing to know: Do not "scrape off" excess, partially dried cement from a trowel back into the container. The scraped off pieces will cure even...

United States on Feb 27, 2014