[TheForge] Re: Flux

Wed Aug 20 00:04:00 2003

Ed,

I didn't say anything because it has been done to death.  But since you
insist.  I put borax on a cookie sheet and put in our wood burning
stove/oven in the winter when we are using it for heat.  I don't know how
hot it gets but I just leave it in there for a couple days.  It does cake up
as it drys so I powder it by rolling a bottle over it before putting it in
my jar.  The only difference I notice over just out of the box, is that it
seems to be much lighter and tends to get airborn when pitting it on the hot
steel.

I dry it so I can put it in a shampo bottle for dispencing.  I like this
because I can just shoot it where I need it, I don't have to mess with jar
lids or a flux spoon, just flip up the cap and shoot.  I use borax for
simple welds where the pieces are held in place while heating (baskets,
pokers, lid lifters).

For more difficult welds, I use EZ-weld, because I lack the confidence to
use borax on drop tongs welds.

Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo

+++++ Original Message +++++
From: "Ed F" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Re: Flux, was rust & pickling
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:20:06 -0500
Reply-To: [email protected]

Shees you guys.  Yes this has come up before, and about 3 years ago after
(the first time) I said that I dried it successfully in the oven  there was
a bunch of hubbub about maybe it would work and maybe it wouldn't, and
finally someone suggested that it might be worth trying.

After all this talk has anyone else tried that?  Would someone *PLEASE* go
put some on a cookie sheet and stick in the oven?  Again, stir it while it's
drying or it will cake up.

Ed