Hey Ol Thom I'm reconditioning some heat exchangers and someone
suggested soaking the tubestack in muratic acid to clean them
perfectly, they are all copper and solder and stainless on a oil heat
exchanger. Is that the way to go?

Joe

"Joe" wrote
Hey Ol Thom I'm reconditioning some heat exchangers and someone
suggested soaking the tubestack in muratic acid to clean them
perfectly, they are all copper and solder and stainless on a oil heat
exchanger. Is that the way to go?


I can google better than Tom. I wonder if he can google at all on msmtv? Anyway here's
a link. It says using acid isn't a good idea. It says use sodium hydroxide instead...

Cheers,
Ellen

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
I can google better than Tom. I wonder if he can google at all on msmtv? Anyway here's
a link. It says using acid isn't a good idea. It says use sodium hydroxide instead...

Oops! I forgot to put the link in there. He http://fgms.home.att.net/copper.htm

joe,

I'll be damned if I know. I've never cleaned one.

You don't say what size? We used to clean the heat exchangers in the
refinery with steam lances and then Hot water. Any solids were removed
with a large steel blade but i don't think your into that size.

They required riggers to pull them and move them to a cleaning area were
exchanger cleaners would work on them.

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ILLDRINKTOTHAT

Thom Stewart wrote:
joe,

I'll be damned if I know. I've never cleaned one.

You don't say what size? We used to clean the heat exchangers in the
refinery with steam lances and then Hot water. Any solids were removed
with a large steel blade but i don't think your into that size.

They required riggers to pull them and move them to a cleaning area were
exchanger cleaners would work on them.

http://community.webtv.net/tassail/ILLDRINKTOTHAT

Well I thought you were an ol boiler steam man. Guess you delt with the
big stuff.

http://www.ejbowman.co.uk/products/S...OilCoolers.htm

Like C on the chart, for my oil cooler.

Joe

Joe,
I've punched a lot of chiller and condenser tubes but never anything that
small.

I've also acid cleaned copper tubes on water-water exchangers.

I've also cleaned exchangers using either a mixture of Phosphoric and
Hydrofluoric acids OR something like Ellen suggested such as a Nu-Calgon
product called Alka-Bright, which is just sodium hydroxide.

You don't mention what the build up is but it could make a difference. Might
want to contact a plumbing supply house and ask. Be careful though, I've
allowed the acids to contact the metal too long and burned a hole right
through. That sucks.

Hey Thom, I'll bet you had your Levittown domestic coil acid cleaned!

Scout


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Hey Ol Thom I'm reconditioning some heat exchangers and someone
suggested soaking the tubestack in muratic acid to clean them
perfectly, they are all copper and solder and stainless on a oil heat
exchanger. Is that the way to go?

Joe

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"Joe" wrote in message
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Hey Ol Thom I'm reconditioning some heat exchangers and someone
suggested soaking the tubestack in muratic acid to clean them
perfectly, they are all copper and solder and stainless on a oil heat
exchanger. Is that the way to go?

Joe