WHEN REMOVING PIPE COATINGS, WEAR THE REQUIRED PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, WHICH INCLUDES:
• GLOVES
• REFLECTIVE CLOTHING
• HEARING PROTECTION
• EYE PROTECTION
• HARD HAT
THE MILWAUKEE MULTITOOL SHOULD ONLY BE USED ON STEEL PIPE.
FIRST, WE'LL DEMONSTRATE THE PROCEDURE TO REMOVE A LARGE PATCH OF WRAP. TO BEGIN, SELECT AN AREA, USUALLY AT THE TOP OF THE PIPE. YOU WILL MAKE FOUR CUTS. BEGIN BY CUTTING ONE SIDE.
NEXT, CUT ACROSS THE TOP, ABOUT THE SAME DISTANCE. CUT DOWN ROUGHLY THE SAME LENGTH AS THE FIRST TWO CUTS. FINALLY, CUT ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SQUARE. THE PATCH DOESN'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY SQUARE, AND THE CUTS DON'T NEED TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME LENGTH, AS LONG AS THE OPENING IS LARGE ENOUGH. DON'T WORRY ABOUT SLIGHT OVERCUTS OR SLIGHTLY ANGLED CORNERS, BECAUSE THIS WHOLE AREA WILL BE REE WRAPPED.
ONCE THE CUTS ARE MADE, USE THE BLADE TO LOOSEN UP THE WRAP AT THE TOP CUT.
NOW CAREFULLY (AND USING GLOVES), INSERT THE LOOSENED EDGE INTO THE WRAP REMOVAL TOOL.
USE TWO RATCHETS TO STRIP THE COATING DOWN TO THE BASE OF YOUR CUTS. ONCE THE ENTIRE PATCH IS ROLLED UP ONTO THE WRAP REMOVAL TOOL, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL it COMPLETELY LOOSE AT THE BOTTOM CUT. PROPERLY DISPOSE OF THE REMOVED PATCH.
USE YOUR GLOVED HAND TO REMOVE ANY FIBERS OR WRAP SHREDS THAT EXTEND INTO THE AREA WHERE YOU HAVE REMOVED THE COATING.
1O WELD THE WIRE FROM AN ANODE TO STEEL PIPE, YOU CAN CREATE A SMALLER PATCH, MAKING THE REWRAPPING JOB EASIER. FOLLOW THE SAME PROCEDURE WITH SHORTER CUTS, CREATING A SQUARE ABOUT FOUR INCHES WIDE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO USE THE MILWAUKEE TWENTY EIGHT THIRTY SIX DASH TWENTY MULTI TOOL, CONTACT YOUR SUPERVISOR OR GAS WORK METHODS.