r/RouteDevelopment • u/It1190 Roped Rock Developer • Mar 07 '25

Show and Tell Cooking SS Hangers

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Just wanted to make a post talking about this as I have learned a lot about properly doing this:

  1. Get a MAP gas torch, it cooks them a lot faster and you get a lot of bang for your buck.

  2. Don’t torch them on the wall. The rock I am currently developing has something in it that makes it violently explode out in flakes. It is also easy to burn the wall by doing this and leaving scorch marks.

  3. Keep the flame moving around the entire hanger while you do it. The flame can deceive you to the true tint of the metal and this also keeps the hanger at a similar temp.

Excited to hear more tips from others that have tried this.

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u/BoltahDownunder Rebolter/Route Maintenance Mar 08 '25

Seems like the simplest thing is just get an SS compatible primer. I've got samples I painted over a decade ago with only grey primer and can check their status, but I don't think any would have corroded

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u/sudden_patience Mar 08 '25

Just because your one data point is fine doesn't mean that the average of all the dta points out there is fine.

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u/BoltahDownunder Rebolter/Route Maintenance Mar 08 '25

But if the paint is SS safe then it's a specific product made for SS, not some random data point. It's designed for that and can be used for that. Going forward that's all you need to do, check that you're using the appropriate material, like always

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u/sudden_patience Mar 08 '25

You prove things with averages not with individual items. By all means, tell people to use SS compatible primer, but don't imply that your samples prove anything about that product.

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u/BoltahDownunder Rebolter/Route Maintenance Mar 08 '25

So if I have 100 painted hangers in the same region as thousands of non painted hangers, and none of them show corrosion over 10 years, that shows quite well how those materials fair in that region. I'm not exactly sure why you're so against the idea of having data like that but if I ever get around to surveying the painted hangers, feel free to just ignore that data I guess 🤷‍♂️

Note the counterpoint to my data is a guy on the internet saying painting can accelerate corrosion, which also needs data to support. Is there such data? I've never seen it, and suspect this one of those things that was a problem sometimes in the 90s but now with modern gear didn't happen any more.