Seasoning a Stainless Blast Deflector

Hey Andy! I have a Quad Pod too! Now I know about seasoning cast iron and all, but what would be the purpose of seasoning stainless? It's stainless, right?

When I got my Quad Pod (sec> Got a Quad Pod pad delivered the other day. The one with the stainless

FWIW, I have had mine since the Impulse Aerospace days, and do next to nothing with regard to maintenance. I do shoot some WD40 on the threads and on the bearings occasionally, and every now and then I will put a dab of motor grease on them if I have some on my hand.

A Kosdon style load every now and then will keep the deflector clean.

;-)

Yup -- Simply been awhile. I keen with stainless rods but honestly can't recall ever bothering cleaning up a stainless deflector. The things almost looks too pretty to use.

Not...

Silicone sounds good. Grit gathering greases/lubes are annoying. May add a dust skirt to shield the bearings.

Andy

Seasoning cast iron works because cast iron is a bit porous (even more so when it is designed for cookware), and because the seasoning creates an oil film that sheds water and other cooking related gunk for a while.

You won't be able to season stainless steel because it is not porous. And even if you could, the heat of rocket exhaust would burn away the oil layer in short order and then you'd be back where you started.

-- David

Hey David,

Metallurgically, you're absolutely correct....

Emotionally, I'll get past the idea of keeping such a nice looking stainless looking new.

The idea of a Kosdon every-so-often fits.

Best, Andy

David wrote:

I use MSG with some Cajon added for my seasoning

Hmmm... MSG gives me a headache but Cajon's good stuff....

The landowner *did* pull out a baby 4 foot gator out of the bayou earlier this year...

North yonder a-ways is a nestling of bucks and does -- dressed out right, may go well.

Dove should be arriving in a few week also...

Okay all - All emotion aside, I fired a few LMR's off of Lisa/Leslie (still haven't figured out what to name her) and all was splendid...

She did wisper to me, "Gimme more...."

Andy

Stainless Steel is attacked by halogens such as chlorine and fluorine. Since the exhaust has chlorides in it, it will pit the Stainless.

Mark Simpson

Only one Mark Simpson I know of that's this smart--IIRC, he was an RSO's nightmare...

Would you be the Mark Simpson that would recommend coating it with wood glue?!?!?

:-)