[TheForge] Cast Iron

[Roger R Degner]

Fred Craylor used to say watch out for the lead in the old paint.
I believe he rebuilt a hammer and had some lead problems.

Roger R Degner



Hi Guys -

    I am not someone who knows much about cast iron.  I have an old
power 
hack saw that I am cleaning and trying to resurrect.  It is under
layersw of 
grease and even more layers of paint.  What I need to know is, will it
hurt 
cast iron to go into the forge fire for a while to burn off some of this

crap?  I would save LOTS of time and trouble if I could burn it off
without 
damaging the parts.  Has anyone done this successfully, or does someone
know 
that it shouldn't be done?