[Jewelry making - Article 00236] - Re: [Orchid] DIY Steamer

[mjoat]

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    Safety considerations aside, other than using the canning/cooking
    type steamer for general steam bath cleaning. Make sure that the
    safety valve and pressure gage are in working order. Theses are good
    for steaming the whole item inside and out at the same time with no
    control or contact till after it is removed from the pot. Try getting
    a small housed hold steamer, like the shark that has a hose and
    brush on the end. These are steam generators like the box steamers.
    you can hold the item in tongs and brush the steam over the item. Any
    thing else is a waste of time and your money that might be better
    spent on practicing your craft. 

    Steam is nothing to play with. Because of the way some of the
    devices are that we use today. It comes across as benign, believe me
    it is not. due to safety controls there are not as many steam
    related accidents today as in years past. Burns are almost
    indescribably painful. The explosion comes from the superheating of
    the steam in a closed container with no water coming in to remove
    the heat from the heat source. The steam boxes are generally once
    thru meaning water in, steam out little if any storage of steam.
    Using a steam iron with tubes or other stuff will not get you enough
    volume of steam to clean much. 

    If you have the volume of items that need cleaning, you can always
    locate a used autoclave for medical/dental instrument cleaning. The
    older models sell reasonable. 

    And before somebody asks? I hold 28 issues on a city of Detroit
    stationary engineer license for steam boilers, engines and turbines
    of unlimited horse power. Retired 

    Its like reinventing the wheel, anybody can but why bother when
    there are so many more interesting things in the artmetal,jewelry
    areas to explore. 

    This is my opinion and, All the usual disclaimers apply 

glen been there done that and broke it!
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