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?
Refining with Hot Plates
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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.
I don’t recommend the garage outside would be better the hot plates end up failing , I have had double and single hot plates . I prefer the singles , currently one of the burners one the double isn’t working and its a waste of space .
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isaiahw250
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I got mine from Amazon, it gets very hot but doesn’t boil. Which one did you buy from Walmart?
I have a casserole dish that I put water in then place the beaker in the water that’s how I boil
There is no reason to get a reaction hot enough to boil. I have had excellent luck using double pancake griddles.
isaiahw250
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Interesting. I have the exact same griddle lol
All 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.
isaiahw250
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Thanks…. With that being said, where would be the best place? I thought I could do it in a garage with a filtration setup
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With a proper fume hood and scrubber, you could do it in your kitchen. Mind you, it still needs to be ducted to the outside. The problems with doing it in a garage, or your kitchen, is outside interference from the unknowing, such as pets, children, etc..This is why a dedicated lockable lab is the preferred choice. Minimize the hazards.
Filtration do nothing with the fumes
isaiahw250
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Wrong terminology 
my apologies
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NOT a good idea !!!!
If you are talking about a garage that is attached to your house with a heating & air (cooling) system that heats/cools both the house & garage the 'filtration" in that system is of NO value to filtering out the fumes created in the refining process
IN FACT the fumes from refining will completely DESTROY not only the heating & cooling system but also destroy anything & everything made of metal in both the garage & house
You however can set up a "lab" in a garage BUT it NEEDS to have its very own ventilation system that is completely isolated from the house & dedicated to refining
Kurt
kurtak
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I love griddles - can put two 5 liter beakers on at a time - or one 8 - 10 liter stainless steel pot (when doing silver)
Kurt
I honestly wouldn’t recommend refining in the garage as all your tools & machinery will object…
MGH
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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.
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.
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