Quote Originally Posted by cwr89 View Post
I know you see that galvy is not the greatest for health. I primarily use galvy for it's ease to aquire and it's cost. I don't normally yell at people on forums, but NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER DO THAT AGAIN. if you want to live.
Yeah. I've read Paw-Paw's story.

However, at the time I was doing the mail, I already knew that zinc offgassing is *bad*.

That'd be why we did the heating to burn-off in a heat-treating kiln primarily used for bladesmithing that contained a scrubbing system in its ventilation.

The guy who built it uses it for historical reproduction works involving hazardous materials, including mercury, arsenic, antimony, and other nasties. It works very well for heating things that you really don't want to breathe (negatively pressuring a kiln is an interesting exercise to say the least.)