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Suitable material for firebox heat shielding?
« on: April 07, 2019, 08:04:50 pm »
When I was browsing in the auto parts shop on Saturday morning I saw this hanging on the wall.

Could this be a suitable asbestos replacement material for firebox heat shielding for fireboxes like the Stuart 501, 504 boilers?


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Re: Suitable material for firebox heat shielding?
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2019, 08:56:23 pm »
I think it should be worth a try..... at least to see how it holds up "under fire" or in the same enclosure with it. If all goes well, you're on to something!

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Re: Suitable material for firebox heat shielding?
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2019, 09:42:16 pm »
I sure hope it is Jim - also hope you do your typical thorough investigations as I respect your opinion based on them.
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Re: Suitable material for firebox heat shielding?
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2019, 10:14:56 pm »
Gil, Larry I am running three of my Stuart boilers sans any insulation after ditching the asbestos. Everything that I have bought and tried in the past had its downfalls, the major being that they still released fibres.

This material when I felt it through the packaging was very stiff but could be easily shaped and the ceramic paper is sandwiched between two sheets of aluminium.

I think its made by these people http://www.gasketsolutions.com.au/html/heat_shield_material.html its states 'flame proof' so I will write to them and ask them some questions about the product.
There were two sheets in the package and each sheet was pretty large. There'd be enough material to do a fair few fireboxes.
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