can you heat/boil a ceramic mug ?

[Knightfisher8]

can you heat/boil water in a enamel mug on a stove/ hobo/meths etc ?

k.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Do you mean a normal sort of coffee mug? If so I would have thought the chances of it exploding due to trapped air bubbles would be quite high, but then maby not due to them having been fired in the manufacturing process? to be honest chap, i don't know.

 

[bigandy]

the picture seems to show an enamel mug not ceramic? as pointed out definately no the ceramic

 

[Melonfish]

do you mean Ceramic or Enamelled?
if you mean enamelled which is shown in that pic then you have no issues, in order to get enamel on to something you have to heat it to a silly temp to melt, and the only things that withstand this really are metals.
you also get enamelled kettles for use on a fire so yeah you shouldn't have any issues.

 

[Knightfisher8]

I was meaning the unbreakable camping type im not sure what there made out of tbh .... they tend to be the same style is that 1 pictured

 

[Retired Member southey]

Sorry I couldn't see the pic for some reson enamel mugs won't give you any probs on a fire.

 

[Knightfisher8]

Sorry I couldn't see the pic for some reson enamel mugs won't give you any probs on a fire.

so does the colour coating not melt off ?

 

[bigandy]

do you mean Ceramic or Enamelled?
if you mean enamelled which is shown in that pic then you have no issues, in order to get enamel on to something you have to heat it to a silly temp to melt, and the only things that withstand this really are metals.
you also get enamelled kettles for use on a fire so yeah you shouldn't have any issues.

to enamell metal it gets heated to around 750 and 850 °C

 

[Retired Member southey]

If it is an enamel cup then the color will be the enamel it self so it won't burn off, I use a set of enamel pots for our bbq and other than a bit of soot they look as good as new.

 

[Knightfisher8]

Ah right I think I understand now , so an enamel mug is some sort of metal but with an enamel coating ? iv see chipped enamel and damaged mugs that show something metalic underneath, I was really just wanting to know if I can use it on my small meths stove

 

[Melonfish]

to enamell metal it gets heated to around 750 and 850 °C

Aye thats the one, haven't done enamelling since high school and we had to do it in a special room with massive gloves and face plate and this torch affair that looked like you could cut metal with it

 

[rik_uk3]

John Wayne used to heat enamel coffee pots so a mug should be easy peasy.

 

[EdS]

yep. My enamel coffee pot has survived many a fire and my coffee.

 

[garethw]

Yep been doing this for years, on stoves, fires even the colman petrol stove.... my 500ml enamel mug was bought by my mum for my first cub scout camp when I was 8.... Still using it 40 years later. Bit chipped but fine... Kind of a curiosity as it has 'Made in the USSR' engraved on the base.
cheers
Gareth

 

[Knightfisher8]

excellent , I also have a thin enamel plate that i could possibly use as a hot plate / frying pan in this case !!