[TheForge] low carbon sheet

[ries]

Most appliances these days are powdercoated.
And, as far as I know, washing soda wont make much of a dent in  
powdercoating.
Sandblasting doesnt work very well on it, as its so thick.
Professional powdercoaters usually burn it first, in a burn off oven  
that is 1000 to 1500 degrees, charring the powder, then they sandblast  
it.
So I would think that for any size piece that would be usable, it is  
more work than its worth to try to use an old washer.
Really old washers were actually baked on glass enamel- which, also,  
is tough to remove.

You can buy AK deep drawing steel from some of the auto body guys- I  
know Dan Pascoe at Creative Billet in the northwest sells small sheets  
mail order-
http://www.creativebillet.com/
I believe AED in Indianapolis might still sell it as well-
http://www.aedmotorsport.com/

Some of the panel beaters use steel, so they have sources- you could  
look over at the metalshapers web site-
http://www.allshops.org/

Ries



On Sep 14, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

On second thought, FIRST find out whether the "enamel" is just paint.
Soak it in strong alkali - caustic soda or washing soda.  Paint will
be gone pretty quickly in these, with no harm to the metal.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Bruce Freeman <freemab222 at gmail.com>  
wrote:
> Think of the enamel as flux...
>
> On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Andrew Vida <osan at netlabs.net>  
> wrote:
>> Deep draw sheet should be called AXDQ, IIRC.  There are also newer,
>> supposedly superior steels as well.
>>
>> A good place to find deep draw sheet is the scrap yard or the curb.  
>> Washers,
>> dryers, refrigerators, freezers, and stoves (non-stainless) are all  
>> made
>> from it.  That is, their outer structures.  the one problem may be  
>> getting
>> the enamel off.
>
> --
> Bruce
> NJ
>



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Bruce
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