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Thread: Silquar or Charcoal blocks?

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    Default Silquar or Charcoal blocks?

    I usually use charcoal blocks for soldering especially as some of my stuff needs quite high heat because of size. But even when I bind them, they don't last that long. I don't need to bed or carve stuff into blocks so I was wondering about the Silquar sheets: http://www.cooksongold.com/product_detail.jsp?add=W

    Does anyone know if they are as heat reflective as charcoal and if they could possibly be cut down to make an oven type set up?

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    I've only ever used fireplace bricks and I build them up or break them into usable sizes

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    I have a few of those from my old stove, but I'm trying to make a more heat efficient set up. I should probably just invest in a bigger torch.

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    I suppose it would be more cost effective in the long run if they don't have a long shelf life

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    I hate having too much choice and not enough info! I'll sit on it tonight and decide in the morning.

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    Are you using natural charcoal or compressed charcoal the latter will outlast natural charcol many times

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    They do look quite good. I'll be interested to hear how you get on. I have some large really thick soldering blocks which I use to protect my work surfaces. It takes ages for things to get to heat on them so I don't actually use them for soldering very often. My favourite surface is the honeycomb soldering sheet. They do take quite a lot of heat but I managed to melt one a bit once.

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    My honeycomb broke when I overheated it but it still use what's left, my biggest issue is the amount of pallions I lose down the holes!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CJ57 View Post
    My honeycomb broke when I overheated it but it still use what's left, my biggest issue is the amount of pallions I lose down the holes!
    Me too Caroline!

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    I've always used charcoal blocks on a fire brick inside a quality street tin minus one side,how high tech can you get. When they break I just carry on using the bits and level them off with a sheet of wet/dry.

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