After a hard day's angle-grinding I am quite delighted with the results! Any tips for getting rid of the little sharp bits aside from a file, some sandpaper and a load of elbow grease?
Ian
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Get a sanding flap disk fir your angle grinder. Does a great job on it.
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As Molc has advised these guys are the job, you may have to remove the guard on your grinder to fit it to your grinder, so make sure you have some goggles and gloves, and if not get some while you're buying the flap disc http://www.ie.screwfix.com/bosch-flap-discs-115mm-60-grit.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping&gclid=Cj0KEQjw5sHHBRDg5IK6k938j_IBEiQARZBJWiycenl3Qa1xuEY9G29-JZAbvaGVLUcnYBKBtbMU84UaAhGY8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds
http://www.ie.screwfix.com/safety-goggles.html
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Thanks for the advice guys - that should save me a lot of pain!
Ian
A polishing disc will not only remove the rough stuff but you can Polish out any blemishes too. Apparently it removes any numbers that someone may have punched into the kegs ;)
So this worked a treat - thanks again lads. Just need to go over it all again with some sandpaper to get a uniform finish. Some parts will get more attention than others ;)
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You might need to polish off the black band also 😉
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I'm trying to decide on the type of insulation to use with the HLT - that shiny stuff or an old camping mat...any ideas?
Quote from: revel_and_chaff on June 07, 2017, 12:47:30 PM
I'm trying to decide on the type of insulation to use with the HLT - that shiny stuff or an old camping mat...any ideas?
Shiny stuff
Shanna
Do you have to buy a load of it?
I used a camping Mat with a shiny background got from Tesco for €3 works great.
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Looks great!
Quote from: revel_and_chaff on June 07, 2017, 01:53:24 PM
Do you have to buy a load of it?
Yes but when I did mine I did a mashtun, boiler and hlt. I also used up the left over excess around the house. I picked up a roll of it in Woodies.
Shanna
if you can reinforce the edges around where you cut for the elements you'll be thankful later.
Looks great though. Time for a stickerbombing!
Just one point about the choice of tape you used, I wonder will it stand up to repeated heating and cooling over time? I bought a large roll of sticky aluminium tape and used that to tape all of the seams on the insulation covers. If memory serves me correctly I also double wrapped the boiler with a lit bit of additional overlap to make it easier to bind the two layers together.
Shanna
Quote from: Ibecake on June 07, 2017, 07:46:02 PM
I used a camping Mat with a shiny background got from Tesco for €3 works great.
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Quote from: Shanna on June 10, 2017, 04:25:02 PM
Just one point about the choice of tape you used, I wonder will it stand up to repeated heating and cooling over time? I bought a large roll of sticky aluminium tape and used that to tape all of the seams on the insulation covers. If memory serves me correctly I also double wrapped the boiler with a lit bit of additional overlap to make it easier to bind the two layers together.
Shanna
Quote from: Ibecake on June 07, 2017, 07:46:02 PM
I used a camping Mat with a shiny background got from Tesco for €3 works great.
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It's really only a temporary solution, Already had to remove to clean wort from between the foam and Keg wall, I'm planning on a HLT with built in Herms in the next few weeks. :)
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Quote from: Ibecake on June 10, 2017, 04:44:10 PM
Quote from: Shanna on June 10, 2017, 04:25:02 PM
Just one point about the choice of tape you used, I wonder will it stand up to repeated heating and cooling over time? I bought a large roll of sticky aluminium tape and used that to tape all of the seams on the insulation covers. If memory serves me correctly I also double wrapped the boiler with a lit bit of additional overlap to make it easier to bind the two layers together.
Shanna
Quote from: Ibecake on June 07, 2017, 07:46:02 PM
I used a camping Mat with a shiny background got from Tesco for €3 works great.
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It's really only a temporary solution, Already had to remove to clean wort from between the foam and Keg wall, I'm planning on a HLT with built in Herms in the next few weeks. :)
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Was that due to something leaking or because of spillage?
Shanna
Quote from: Shanna on June 11, 2017, 08:45:01 AM
Quote from: Ibecake on June 10, 2017, 04:44:10 PM
Quote from: Shanna on June 10, 2017, 04:25:02 PM
Just one point about the choice of tape you used, I wonder will it stand up to repeated heating and cooling over time? I bought a large roll of sticky aluminium tape and used that to tape all of the seams on the insulation covers. If memory serves me correctly I also double wrapped the boiler with a lit bit of additional overlap to make it easier to bind the two layers together.
Shanna
Quote from: Ibecake on June 07, 2017, 07:46:02 PM
I used a camping Mat with a shiny background got from Tesco for €3 works great.
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It's really only a temporary solution, Already had to remove to clean wort from between the foam and Keg wall, I'm planning on a HLT with built in Herms in the next few weeks. :)
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Was that due to something leaking or because of spillage?
Shanna
Spillage during a BIAB session. At the top of a keg there is a few holes to allow drainage. On lifting Bag at end of mash and because I wasn't paying attention I lost about a litre of sticky wort through the drainage holes. Just something to look out for.
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out of sight, out of mind.
If something gets inside the insulation i generally just leave it there. Can't be arsed re-taping it every time.
Quote from: LordEoin on June 11, 2017, 12:38:07 PM
out of sight, out of mind.
If something gets inside the insulation i generally just leave it there. Can't be arsed re-taping it every time.
Same, was a pain in the hoop to retape haven't had to do it since.
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