Working on, or near my compressor. Puts me near the high pressure outlet tubing. The copper tubing that runs from the high pressure cylinder, to the check valve at the tank. That tube gets extremely hot. I'd like to have some kind of protection sleeve on this. But it would have to let heat dissipate. So a wrap, or similar is out. Since that would be hard on the tubing, and probably not give the best results. A flexible screen would be nice. The old tubing that was replaced, was covered loosely with what looked like an asbestos sleeve. Even though it was a loose fit, I'd still prefer something less restrictive. To allow the heat to fully dissipate without any restriction. While not allowing direct contact with the tubing. All the new compressors have the naked tubing like mine, but my tube is ran in such a way, that it's pretty exposed.
All this, while providing a clean, good look also, is what I'm after. I'd consider the cloth sleeve, but I can't find anything in any kind of material that's loose weave enough. Everything I've found is designed to hold the heat in. It's a 3/4 inch copper tubing. With fittings that would have to be passed over. So 1 1/4 or so loose weave heat proof cloth type sleeve is what I'm looking for. But not knowing what it's called seems to be the problem. Google search always gets me to the same type stuff.
I've spent a bit of time off and on looking for ideas. But haven't come up with anything I like, that would meet those needs. Anyone know of such a cloth that would survive 3-400° or so? Maybe there's some other way of solving this? The low, to high pressure tubing has cooling fins. But I don't see that happening here. I'm certainly open to ideas.
