[R-390] How to bake without a oven or grill?

Mon, 1 Jul 2002 18:59:27 -0400

I have had no problems with the brass scratching the aluminum.  Not even the
slightest scratches or rounding.  And 250 is probably the upper end of what
you want to heat it.  Others recommend 200 to 250 also.  Let me tell you,
that paint is ROCK HARD after 2 hours in the grill.
Don't cut yourself short.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Hauser" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; "Ronald Davis" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] How to bake without a oven or grill?

> Hi Ronnie & Gang:
>
> I've used a old stainless steel box I found with a home brew aluminum top
> and a 75 w heat lamp with good results. I dunno, but 250 degrees sounds
kind
> of high to me.  I thought 150-175 surface temp was more like it.  I'd also
> recommend using a nylon detail brush, not the brass, along with some
caustic
> stripper or solvent to clean out the lettering.  I found that the brass
> brush scratched the panel and tended to rounded the edges of the
stampings,
> which you want to keep as crisp as possible. (Wear goggles -- the stuff
> flies around with the brush.)   Also, use Scotch-Brite or sandpaper --
don't
> use steel wool on aluminum at any stage.  Tiny fragments dig into the
> aluminum and mess up the paint job, no matter how hard you try to clean it
> off.
>
> You can make an oven out of an old small refrigerator, two-drawer file
> cabinet, etc.  Line with heavy aluminum foil or spray the inside silver.
> Then attach the flood lamp(s) to some kind of lid.  You can tell if it's
> working if the panel becomes hot to the touch.  It should be at the bottom
> of the "oven" on some pieces of wood or something as far away from the
lamps
> as practical to prevent hot-spotting.  You should be able to use those
> inexpensive clamp-on lamps with the reflectors.  However, arrange the top
so
> the sockets and line cords are not inside.  (Oversized holes for the bases
> of the lamp fixtures.)
>
> Barry
>
>
> > Hello
> > Scotts good advice has me thinking. I was thinking about building a box
> and
> > lining it with tin fold and inserting some heat lamps to bake the parts
> > after washing and baking the paint on the panels after painting. I do
not
> > have a oven that I can use hi or do I have a grill so I have to make
> > something. Does anyone have any ideas for a poor beginner? I was
thinking
> of
> > using a timer on the lamps but dont know if it will work or get hot
> enough?
> > Let me know if you can help.
> > Thanks
> > Ronnie
> > KE4VPN
> >
> >
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