- 1. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:19:15 -0600
- My only experience with thermal cleaning was with a shop that destroyed a pair of antique Pontiac heads that way, then they tried to claim they had been cracked before they baked them. Since I'd just
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- 2. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: doug@dougbraun.com
- Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 15:10:34 -0500
- I would think that if a block or head could stand the normal thermal stresses of operating, being baked to a uniform temperature would be no big deal. Maybe these guys toss it in a tub of water right
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- 3. Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: doug@dougbraun.com
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:13:53 -0500
- I was reading an article on engine rebuilding in Hemming's that described a process called Thermal Cleaning that is a replacement for hot-tanking for engine parts. Basically, blocks, etc. are placed
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- 4. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:28:48 -0800
- Obviously a single man asking this question ! All of us married men would know the answer to this question... WFT ? What the F do you think you are putting in my oven ? If you have an oven outside a
- /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00075.html (7,903 bytes)
- 5. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:50:29 -0800 (PST)
- Obviously I would do it while my wife is out not around :-) I think my wife would draw the line at powder coating, though. I believe the self-cleaning cycle gets to 600 deg. or so. I just finished a
- /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00076.html (7,934 bytes)
- 6. RE: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:25:32 -0800
- No, but I have spot-heated parts with a propane torch to drive off any oil in pores and whatnot. Seems to help paint adhesion a good deal. Keep in mind that the self-cleaning cycle hits roughly 900F
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- 7. Re: Thermal Cleaning at Home? (score: 1)
- Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 18:27:26 -0500
- I haven't done this at home, but it's how my former machine shop did things. (Former because they screwed up the work on my tractor engine, and I had to take the damn thing apart and have the work re
- /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00079.html (7,379 bytes)
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