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That old master sweep in Pittsburgh told me to stop using plastic bristle rods on clay flues
He swore the plastic would melt and stick to the liner if a hot ember fell, and sure enough last month I pulled a melted mess out of a job in Akron that confirmed everything he said - anyone else had a close call with the wrong rod material?
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jason95820d ago
Honestly, that old master knew his stuff, polyester rods melt at like 450 degrees.
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blairm3519d ago
Wait wait wait, "melts at like 450 degrees"? That can't be right, can it? I mean, I've seen polyester rods take some serious heat, but 450 sounds like it's almost in the range of some metals or something. I gotta double check my own numbers because I thought they'd give out way sooner than that, maybe around 350 or so. That old master must have been running some wild experiments to know that for sure.
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