What plastic or other material is immune to TetryHydroFuran (for vapor smoothing PLA)?
= what to make my container out of.
Glass jar would do it. And if you go on a cook ware site you can find large ones
I’m not sure about heating glass that isn’t made to be heated.
My assembled objects can easily be 2x or 3x the height of the build volume of my Makibox A6 HT.
Is Steel/Aluminium affected?
I’d get a large stock pot @Marcus_Wolschon in that case. You can get them for 25 litres and bigger.
Stainless steel is traditional if you can’t use glass in chemical plants.
@Marcus_Wolschon That’s some very flammable material. Aside from appropriate storage you will need to exercise great care in the environment where it is used. I would lean towards saying it’s not really suitable for home use.
I’m using a stabilized version sold as workshop solvent.
Borosilicate glass (Pyrex) is good for 150C. How hot are you going to get with it?
Ref: http://www.camglassblowing.co.uk/gproperties.htm
The stabilized version still forms peroxides, just not as quickly. Be sure to read the MSDS on that stuff.
@Neil_Darlow you’re severely overstating its risks. Much like Acetone, at best, if it catches fire it burns like a bunsen burner. Not really much to worry about.
@ThantiK From Wikipedia “One danger posed by THF follows from its tendency to form highly-explosive peroxides on storage in air. To minimize this problem, commercial samples of THF are often inhibited with BHT. THF should not be distilled to dryness, because the explosive peroxides concentrate in the residue.” - nothing to worry about?
@Neil_Darlow that means the peroxides are in the liquid not in the air.
As long as you don’t expose them to flame or evaporate the liquid it should be save.
But aren’t you evaporating the liquid during vapor smoothing?
@Joe_Spanier your not boiling it dry.