[TheForge] Re: Pickling solutions

[Charle B Vincent]

I have always heard it refered to as Calrod, which is a brand name,  see 
this page, but have been to stores where they don't recognize it by tha 
name either.  I usually ask for a stove or burner "element"

http://www.gloquartz.com/products/tubular_htrs/elements.htm


Charles

Mike Spencer wrote:

>[1] BTW, a quick google reveals that some -- a very few -- people
>    refer to this stuff as "kelrod".  Is there another name for it?
>    Stuff like electric stove burners, immersion heaters, some paint
>    removers, water heater elements: stainless steel tube of various
>    shapes, filled with ceramic and a heater element embedded in the
>    ceramic.  Stainless tube may get red hot but isn't itself part of
>    the electric circuit.
>
>    I have a couple of paint removers that I stripped and waterproofed
>    with hi-temp silicone sealer that I use for immersion heaters in
>    phosphoric acid (or anything else :-).  Last time I looked, they
>    were no longer available in my hardware store, replaced with a
>    hopelessly Mickey-Mouse air-gun type of thing.
>
>- Mike
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