thats right it goes straight into water. we get them annealed by a guy that heat treats aircraft parts and its an oven with a tank below it and it auto feeds it from the oven to the tank. has to be done at the right temp for the right time then asap into the water. STEWART means for us not so informed people qives the gasket back its squish or compression!lol you guys are lucky there is a toymods metalurgy ledgend in the club!thanks stewart, love the work.
and as i said before use 3bond 1211 and only this and you wont have a prob.
mick