[modeleng] Re: Boiler blues

  • From: "shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:13:35 +0100

The interiors of ovens are usually made of heavily stove-enamelled steel or 
of stainless steel.

I wonder what the effect of oven cleaners would have on copper or steel? 
Suggest a trial run on scrap!

Cheers!   Hubert

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 10:25 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Boiler blues


> Uuummmmmm!  Good question, and I do not know the
> answer.  I suppose that both of these are the result
> of the Carbon in the oils/carbohydrates being "cooked
> out" and left as a deposit, so your idea may well have
> merit.
>
> Al
>
> --- Tony Wells <oaksfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> A late thought on this, but assuming that boiler
>> crud is mostly baked on
>> carbon, how about one of thse "sooper dooper" spray
>> on oven cleaners that
>> are supposed to dissolve away baked on oven carbon?
>> What is the difference,
>> if any, between the two scenarios?
>>
>> Tony, "I will build a boiler someday", Wells.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Barrie Purslow" <bpduo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Model Engineering List"
>> <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 8:08 PM
>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Boiler blues
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Just a quick thanks to all of you who posted a
>> reply to my query on
>> > cleaning
>> > boiler tubes. I'm just off for a week, maybe I'll
>> try out a few ideas on
>> > the
>> > petticoat pipes (which were 50% blocked!) when I
>> get back or maybe I'll
>> > leave well alone!
>> > Thanks again.
>> >
>> > Barrie
>> >
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