How often do you drain your propane hoses?
 

How often do you drain your propane hoses?

I've only done it once in the past 6 years. I was just thinking about it the other day and figuring it was probably going to be time again this spring (when I can go outside to do it - blick stinky yuck).

Hmmm....didn't know you were supposed to do that. Why and how?? Thanks! Renee

Me too!

The oil that gives propane that wonderful smell eventually builds up in the your hoses and can work its way into your torch causing a nasty flame, and carbon specks in your glass. Plus, it isn't good for your torch.

Actually it's not the odorant (Ethyl Mercaptan) in the propane....

A very informative white paper on what oils that are found in propane hose may be found here. And why you may or may not need to drain hose.

http://www.artglassanswers.com/forum...opic.php?t=219

Thank Bill Harrison ( of Creation Station) for this enlightening article.

Dale

Good Article! Bill is a sharp guy. I have noticed the problem more since I started using the outer ring of my Delta, and my hoses are 25 feet long, so I think I will try and drain them just to see if it makes a difference.

Eric my hoses are the same length and have a bit of a drop from where they intake so I think of that as a sort of junk collection area.

To speed up the process I hooked one end up to one of my smaller compressors. Pretty foul smelling stuff.

I will have to find someone who has a compressor around here. Of course, they may not appreciate me squirting that goo out over at there place, so maybe I should rent one from Home Depot instead. :)

That's a good idea. I would do it now, but I only have about 9 months of use on them. Looks like another item to put on my list of things to save for. Now, if that darn cat hadn't needed the $1200 dollars worth of surgery......

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