isaiahw250
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Does anyone refine in a garage or area where you have to use hot plates? If so which would you recommend?
I got mine from Amazon, it gets very hot but doesn’t boil. Which one did you buy from Walmart?I narrowed my first purchases down to the two cheapest I could find at Walmart. From there I bought the one that looked the sturdiest. If it is to shaky you run a serious risk of spills or turning it over. Depending on how much material you have, don't overlook the griddles, they are pretty handy but harder to heat larger beakers.
Interesting. I have the exact same griddle lolThere is no reason to get a reaction hot enough to boil. I have had excellent luck using double pancake griddles. View attachment 65220
All good advice.Does anyone refine in a garage or area where you have to use hot plates? If so which would you recommend?
Thanks…. With that being said, where would be the best place? I thought I could do it in a garage with a filtration setupAll good advice.
I will stress one point though.
Do not do it in a garage.
The fumes will kill any and all metals in there.
Cars, tools and nails.
Filtration do nothing with the fumesThanks…. With that being said, where would be the best place? I thought I could do it in a garage with a filtration setup
Does anyone refine in a garage
I thought I could do it in a garage with a filtration setup
don't overlook the griddles, they are pretty handy but harder to heat larger beakers.
I honestly wouldn’t recommend refining in the garage as all your tools & machinery will object…Does anyone refine in a garage or area where you have to use hot plates? If so which would you recommend?
I also have this exact griddle. It just so happens that the whole thing will sit on top of a kitty litter pan, held up by the handles/edges at either end. I'll then sometimes have up to four 2L beakers going at once. You can fit more vessels when each one does not have a secondary container, the kitty litter pan being the one overall failsafe. Of course, this depends on what you're doing, and whether or not you need to be sure to keep separate batches separate, even in a worst case scenario.There is no reason to get a reaction hot enough to boil. I have had excellent luck using double pancake griddles. View attachment 65220
I see a lot of people doing it in the middle on nowhere on land and some inside with its own ventilation system.You definitely do not want to do any refining inside an attached garage or detached either. I use an Ika stirrer/hot plate that I picked out of the trash before I ever thought about refining. I fount that it just needed a part that was available from Ika. I found the balance in the same trash later on.. There are more affordable units available. I like that the temperature is more accurate than a burner.
This statement deserves some clarification. If you are doing it seriously and for income you will need a more permanent setup. Many refiners do this in a properly vented shed or outbuilding. By properly vented I mean a hood with sufficient exhaust and a fume scrubber. Issues you will have to address are heating and freeze prevention. A latex paint on the interior to cover any nail or screw heads will aid in longevity of a stick build building. Even slight leaks of acid fumes take their toll on unprotected metals so maintenance is a must. All are do-able and are worthy of discussion.You definitely do not want to do any refining inside an attached garage or detached either.
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