Can you post up some pics and what all you used for your park tank? I know it's PVC with a heating element, just wondering if you could give me anymore info then that :laughing::laughing::laughing:

I've got 4 guns I'm hoping to park while I'm home for Thanksgiving break.

I've used it

it's probably 6" diameter and 3' tall or so.



think something like this:

http://www.alcohol-stuff.co.uk/images/extra/mug.JPG

where the handle allows relatively cooler fluid to move down towards the element which, IIRC, is just below the lower inlet of the outer tube

Too bad you weren't closer I have a few stainless tanks for parkerising. Good luck on your project.

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=634301

How do you prep the part before parkerizing?

I sandblasted, washed then rinsed with acetone

Pete or anyone else who has parkerized? Did you age the solution with iron powder like Brownells claims you should? Or should I just park a bunch of scrap metal first, then start doing guns etc?

And I should say.... Either way I haven't got iron powder, nor do I have time to order it from a chemistry supply company and no stores carry it locally. I bought an 1/8 steel rod and cut it up into as small of pieces as i could with a grinder, it's basically the size of rabbit food now. I plan on attempting to age with that, then I'm going to park some scrap metal and see how it turns out/continue the aging process LOL.

So does anyone have any idea what the result of a kitchen thermometer falling into the solution will cause in the long run? Cause I managed to knock the one I had hanging on the side of the tank into the tank... And as it happens, kitchen thermometers are not magnetic....

a metal thermometer?

So does anyone have any idea what the result of a kitchen thermometer falling into the solution will cause in the long run? Cause I managed to knock the one I had hanging on the side of the tank into the tank... And as it happens, kitchen thermometers are not magnetic....

hook it with a coat hanger

hook it with a coat hanger

That fixes a lot of problems I hear.:laughing:

a metal thermometer?I thought it was metal at least :laughing: I had a magnet for picking up bingo markers that was my moms that I stole a long time ago to look for an AR detent that I'd shot across the room(easier to sweep the carpet with a magnet, then to actually spot the detent) I tied the magnet on a string and went fishing, but I didn't get the thermometer, I did get the piece of wire the thermometer was hanging off the side of the pipe from.

hook it with a coat hanger

I tried hook it with some wire, but my tank is 42" deep. I can't actually see the bottom, even with flashlight. So I'm just fishing around blindly. That's why I'm wondering if the thermometer will hurt anything if it lives in the tank for a while :laughing:

Kitchen thermos are stainless.
I doubt it will cause any issues.
I did use the powdered steel.
Why not just pour the solution into a 5-gal bucket and get the thermo out?

I read somewhere that steel wool will work instead of powder, so I did that last night for a while.

For the themometer, I think I'm going to run by the parts store and get a good pickup magnet, I used to have one but it magically dissappeared from my toolbox...

The park solution I bought from midway says to bring the solution up to temperature then submerge one coarse steel wool pad in it for 30 minutes before parkerizing anything.

I read somewhere that steel wool will work instead of powder, so I did that last night for a while.

For the themometer, I think I'm going to run by the parts store and get a good pickup magnet, I used to have one but it magically dissappeared from my toolbox...

:rolleyes:

What part of "they are stainless" did you miss?

Yes steekl wool works. Just don't ge tthe ones that have soap in them ;)

:rolleyes:

What part of "they are stainless" did you miss?



Maybe it's cheap stainless. :D