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No peanut oil from a fryer is quite OK; even better if you can get more off of neighbors and friends and have a nice large quench tank full!

Remember to preheat to 120 to 140 degF before quenching---I have a big chunk of steel on a 1/8" dia steel wire that I can heat in the forge and then hang on the side of the quench tank with the chunk down near the bottom on the inside that does very well pre-heating.

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I got 5gl of peanut oil from the local Safeway. I asked for and was for doughnut frying oil but got the other fryer's oil. Makes my shop smell like old burritos and eggrolls when I quench something. I was SOOOO hoping for the doughnut smell instead. <sigh>

 

Frosty The Lucky

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Frosty, you'd have to fry doughnuts for awhile before you'd get that doughnut smell.  You could always get used oil from an oriental food place and have the shop smell like a wok..... ^_^

 

That's exactly what I got from the food bar at the local Safeway. The good doughnut shops are being drained by a guy making and using it for fuel.

 

Have you ever smelled a stale wok? I can't really complain, the price was right.

 

Frosty The Lucky

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