More New Bling for Shorty Core

Another winter project completed!
I held off last year on mudding down the tiles over Shorty's core. I wanted to confirm there was no cracking or leaking from the firebrick top.
We also had a repair to make in the core that might have required partial disassembly.
Luckily, the repair was made without a teardown.
I did discover that the ink on my Tree of Life tile couldn't withstand the high heat.
I asked Liz for a replacement tile this Christmas, and this time I placed it on two pieces of Superwool Gasket, for a full 1/4" of protection.
Monday, I mixed up some clay-heavy mortar (2 scoops of clay & 2 scoops of sand)
I taped and papered as much as I could to mitigate the mess, but I still had a big clean-up anyway...

I have more cleanup to do on the mortar between the tiles, but this job is 98% complete.

Shorty be Styling!

I don't remember if I posted before, but that is a fine looking tea pot !!!  Yes it looks like a mess of a job but it's going to look great once it is all cleaned up !

Peace/Heddwch