[TheForge] Cast Iron

[Ralph Sproul]

		Hi Rick, I had a set of 200 year old Dutch oven doors that
had a red lead all over them and they looked horrid.    I burnt that off in
the forge and it worked well.  I left the panels in my forge and the control
panel on idle - till they got up to temp - then went up on the heat.

	My best educated guess is that the part must fit in the forge - so
your not heating one section with high heat and allowing something hanging
out in the cold air..........that to me would be a recipe for disaster.
Cast should be heated evenly and when there are great differences in "cross
section" it is even more important.
	
	I'd run with the weed burner on the housing, and forge for smaller
parts. 400-500 degrees the paint will release at - will no wheres come near
doing any damage to a cast part.

	When I cleaned all the lead paint off my Nazel, I put down a ground
stabilization cloth like landscapers use - which will allow water to pass
thru.  I wet it down, used the torch to blister the paint, a pressure washer
to blow it all off, and the ground cloth caught it and I threw it all out
with the paint chips in it. I have one of those small Karcher power washers
that puts out 900-1100 psi - so it doesn't blow the chips 30 feet like the
2500-3000 psi power washers does.

Ralph	

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rick
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 7:38 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron

There are a lot of small parts that come off and are all gunked up.  I just 
was not sure if the cast iron would be totally messed up by putting it in a 
fire for 5 or 10 minutes to burn the crud off.  Thanks for the reply's all
Rick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert hensarling" <rhrocker at hilconet.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron


> You may need to be careful if there's any Babbitt bearings anywhere on the

> machine (which is doubtful).
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darrell" <darrell67 at machinemaster.com>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 7:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron
>
>
>> Rick,
>> A weed burner will get the paint hot enough to blister without hurting 
>> the
>> casting.
>> About the lead paint, don't burn the paint just blister it and for sure
>> don't eat it.
>> Don't try to do the whole thing at once. Just heat what you can work 
>> while
>> it is still hot.
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>
>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:58 PM
>> Subject: [TheForge] Cast Iron
>>
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Wondering,
>>> Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
>>>   Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
>>>    In the middle of Northern Illinois
>>>
>>>     http://www.smokyforge.com
>>>      rick at smokyforge.com



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