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<blockquote data-quote="whirlwindjml" data-source="post: 1622513" data-attributes="member: 19793"><p>You need a temperature probe which I got off eBay for $6 had to wait for it to come from China but I bought one in Celsius because if you stay at the 500 to 550 Celsius and just monitor the digital temperature gauge you cannot screw it up. The blow torch is fire hotter and that will screw it up.</p><p></p><p>One way you could screw it up is by leaving it in the solution too long and allowing the heat to soften all the way down the brass to the case head.</p><p></p><p>The gentleman that sells the salt solution include some instructions with a recommended timing and at the temperatures he recommended and the timing I found he is correct. He says five to eight seconds I believe and pull it out so I just do 6 seconds and have no issues.</p><p></p><p>Part of the problem with the torch is it is unregulated heat it varies every time you light the torch up. And because the temperature is so high it's easy to exceed the length of time you should have heated it and then you overheat. With the salt method you don't risk overheating you only risk the heat traveling too far but you would really have to be leaving it in there for a long period of time to do that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whirlwindjml, post: 1622513, member: 19793"] You need a temperature probe which I got off eBay for $6 had to wait for it to come from China but I bought one in Celsius because if you stay at the 500 to 550 Celsius and just monitor the digital temperature gauge you cannot screw it up. The blow torch is fire hotter and that will screw it up. One way you could screw it up is by leaving it in the solution too long and allowing the heat to soften all the way down the brass to the case head. The gentleman that sells the salt solution include some instructions with a recommended timing and at the temperatures he recommended and the timing I found he is correct. He says five to eight seconds I believe and pull it out so I just do 6 seconds and have no issues. Part of the problem with the torch is it is unregulated heat it varies every time you light the torch up. And because the temperature is so high it's easy to exceed the length of time you should have heated it and then you overheat. With the salt method you don't risk overheating you only risk the heat traveling too far but you would really have to be leaving it in there for a long period of time to do that. [/QUOTE]
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