[TheForge] Re: Flux

Wed Aug 20 22:30:01 2003

It sounds like what you ended up with has the same consistancy I got.  It's
been a while, but I saw a difference like night in day in use.  Doesn't your
stuff out of the box foam and flow poorly?  The oven baked stuff doesn't
foam and gets glassy and flows together, like EZ Weld.  It only takes about
a half hour to cook it dry.

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 10:57 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: Flux

> 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
>
>
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