[TheForge] Forge Welding Chainsaw Chain

[Dan Tull]

bake the 20 MTB  at 200d to  dry out the water.
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Douglass" <douglass at ptdcs2.ra.intel.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Forge Welding Chainsaw Chain


> Schade wrote:
>> 
>> On Jan 4, 2005, at 11:11 AM, gblacksmith wrote:
>> 
>> >  For flux, you need anhydrous borax (which is water-free).  Borax with
>> > any water in it will puff up to a cottony consistency when heated,
>> > tend to fall away from the joint and fail as an insulator.
>> 
>> This would be a good time to be able to search the archives.
>> I know we have been around this block many times re:
>> anhydrous v. 20 Mule Team. My own not that well informed
>> opinion is that any water in 20 Mule will be soon enuf gone
>> when put in the fire. Sure it foams up a little but if your material
>> is hot enuf the 20 Mule covers it like glass.
>> 
>> The way it seems to me.
>> 
>> Bob
> 
> I agree. I did buy some anhydrous as well as the 20 Mule team.After the
> anhydrous was opened it became in fairly short order hydrous as it does
> tend to suck water from the air.
> 
> Only difference in use was 20 Mule team foamed a a slight bit more.
> 
> Just my 2 cents worth
> 
> Ralph
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