[TheForge] Cast Iron

[Rowland Smuck]

Rick use a needle scaler, they are cheap from Harbor Freight.
Rowland of Roseburg, OR 97470
10 miles to the nearest Red Light
There is a very fine line between
"hobby" and "mental illness
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Cast Iron


> Hello again -
>
>    Thanks for all the reply's on the cast iron cleaning.  I hadn't thought 
> about needing to breathe while the lead based paint is burning in the 
> shop. Already have enough sinus and breathing problems without adding to 
> them.  I guess I'll just stick to the putty knife and degreaser.
>
> Thanks again,
> Rick
>
>
>> 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?
>>
>
>
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