boiling chips ?

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boiling chips ?

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what do yall use for boiling chips? Marbles ? how many ?

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most folks use a handfull of copper fittings, but be forwarned it will cause a noise with everything bouncing around in there....do it out of the neighbors earshot.
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ok copper it will be ! , only neighbor i got is cows hehehhe they dont care !!!
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I use marbles, but I've found that the marbles work a lot better when you take a hammer to them and split the marble in two. The jagged edges of the split marbles really help even out the boiling.
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I have a surplus of SS scrubbers, they were on sale and i bought more than my column needs :lol:

So i put a few spare one in my boiler to break the boil.

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busted up terra cotta flower pot
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The copper left over from yer build, cut theese into 1/2" to 1" pieces and throw them into yer boiler
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Post by knuklehead »

theholymackerel wrote:I use a handfull of old copper pennies (old enough to actually be copper).
Nice addition in brackets there THM, didn't want to go through cutting up and fileing down any more of your boiling pennies hey :lol:
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LOTS AND LOTS OF Great Ideas yall !!


Thanks a bunch !!

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Break up something ceramic or porcelain that doen's have a lot of glaze on it. Raw ceramic surface is porous and the points make great bubble. I bust mine up really small since I have a glass still. Marble in glass scare me, as they have the potential to break glass if dropped too far etc. Plus ceramic is cheap and easy to find, so after one or two uses I toss the old and make some more. Currently i use a fully fired Terracotta pot - like mentioned above.

Common safety sense says avoid older or cheaply made junk, as some old glazes had lead in them (uncommon since the 70s), and low backed ceramics , like found in some cheap figurines, decorative tile or some flower pots (its not as hard as fully fired stuff). The best is find something designed for food. My best find was an unused garlic roaster from Goodwill for 99 cents. Backed ceramic- no glaze - food grade. A tea cup, or old plate should work too (try to used pieces with less glaze on them). I believe bathroom tile should also work, but haven't tried it yet and am not 100% sure of the composition of the clay.... so this last one is just a guess.
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leftover copper bits.
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Copper gonna be better for sulfer nose too
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