Re: Quenching glass
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:00 pm
I am not a metallurgist, toxicologist or industrial hygenist, but common sense tells me not to heat a galvanized container to red hot in my kiln. It is not like stainless steel is a rare or terribly expensive material for bowls or containers.nbobb wrote:I did wonder about your warning not to use a galvanized bucket to quench glass since many people cook in them. From what I've heard, zinc vaporizes at around 1600 F, so heating glass to 1000-1200 then dropping it into a galvanized bucket with water in it would be nowhere near 1600F. And even if fumes were released they would dissipate into the air if you were outside (where I would be).