[TheForge] Putting some blue color in iron

Thu Mar 14 20:39:00 2002

If you put too much heat in , it goes blue then races past blue till the
colour is gone before you have time to quench it, Id use water for the
quench also, its quicker.

----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: "the forge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 11:49 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Putting some blue color in iron

> One of my clients wants me to put some blue color in the chain I am making
> for him to match some other material he has.  I have tried heating till I
> see the blue color and then quenching in oil, but the color mostly goes
away
> by the time the piece cools.  What is the secret to getting a real nice
blue
> that I have seen on some knives etc, should I be quenching in some magic
> brew or or or?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Harry Foster
> Rusty Dog Forge
> http://pages.infinit.net/rustydog/home.htm
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