Todays Parabolic cooker on the Cheap. Cooks good.

[Wulf202]

With the dish being Al, couldn't you strip the finish then polish.Or is it a waste of time & labor? Also could you use the small mirror squares with the adhesive backing (or glue) to form a deeper, tighter focused heating area around the perimeter of the dish?

Most dishes are powdercoated steel

[TFOGGER]

Most dishes are powdercoated steel

Saweeeet! Polish and then chrome plate it! Oh wait, this is about being inexpensive...nevermind

[Great-Kazoo]

Most dishes are powdercoated steel

You can still polish steel. granted removing the powder coating is not worth the time or hassle. How about that spray on chrome paint. It's really popular in greeley, all big box auto parts stores carry it

Interesting, a simple metal tape job and we are (ok I'm) trying to build a better mouse trap.

[Wulf202]

You can still polish steel. granted removing the powder coating is not worth the time or hassle. How about that spray on chrome paint. It's really popular in greeley, all big box auto parts stores carry it

Interesting, a simple metal tape job and we are (ok I'm) trying to build a better mouse trap.

how about spray adhesive and the inside of a bag of doritos?

[HBARleatherneck]

I did some testing today. Remember the sun is very low. So, cook times will be much shorter other times of the year.

11:24------ 65.2 degrees out of the water filter tap. 8 ounces of water/ copper bottom pot.
11:29----- 144.1 degrees
11:34----- 172.2 degrees
11:39------183.9 degrees
11:44------ left lid partway off/ no data collected
11:49------192.7 degrees
12:00------203.4 degrees full boil