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10-30-2013, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
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Heat muffs and stainless steel wool
I've seen several builders post about packing their heat muffs with stainless steel wool to enhance the heat transfer, and I was planning on doing just that but now I can't find any STAINLESS steel wool locally. Standard steel, yes, but that will oxidize and fall out rapidly, not what I want to see happen. I found some copper wool, but no stainless. Anybody have a good source?
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N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now. 
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10-30-2013, 02:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Baton Rouge,La.
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SS Wool
Greg- McMaster Carr has it.
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10-30-2013, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Clarksboro, NJ
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I bought some through amazon. I remove it in the summer months to prevent over heating the exhaust.
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10-30-2013, 02:44 PM
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10-30-2013, 02:57 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Rhode Island
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I found bronze wool locally.
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10-30-2013, 03:15 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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Order placed - thanks! 
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Greg Niehues - SEL, IFR, Repairman Cert.
Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now.
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10-30-2013, 04:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Just go to any grocery store and pick up the stainless steel pot scrubbers....it is all the same stuff.
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JAMES AIRCRAFT.com
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Flying - RV8 "Look'n Good"
RV4 - FAST & FUN! Rebuilt, Flown, Sold
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10-31-2013, 09:57 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Garden City, Tx
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Capflyer
Just go to any grocery store and pick up the stainless steel pot scrubbers....it is all the same stuff.
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That was the trouble I was running into - they don't sell them locally apparently - lots of standard steel wool and even some copper wool, but everything else is nylon scrubbers now. People want cheap and disposable stuff.
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Greg Niehues - SEL, IFR, Repairman Cert.
Garden City, TX VAF 2020 dues paid
N16GN flying 700 hrs and counting; IO360, SDS, WWRV200, Dynon HDX, 430W
Built an off-plan RV9A with too much fuel and too much HP. Should drop dead any minute now.
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11-01-2013, 04:11 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Another suggestion would be to head to the local restaurant supply house or perhaps one of the restaurants you go to will sell a few to you. Every restaurant that scrubs pots uses these (asuming your state doesn't have restrictions against them, some do). They cost the restaurant about $1 apeice unless they have a naughty distributor salesman and sleeping buyer. The commercial ones are also larger and more robust than household versions.
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Mike
JAMES AIRCRAFT.com
Flying - RV8 Hot Rod "Drone Killer"
Flying - RV8 "Look'n Good"
RV4 - FAST & FUN! Rebuilt, Flown, Sold
RV-7A Built, Flown, Sold
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11-01-2013, 08:38 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
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Just to clarify... Do not put regular steel wool pads (or any other similar metal pad) in your heat muff(s). It will be far to restrictive of airflow and will likely over heat the muff. The product to use (as already mentioned) is Stainless Steel pot scrubber pads. They are far less restrictive, but still add huge amount of extra heat conduction surface area.
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