[TheForge] Putting some blue color in iron

[Dan Scheid]

put in wife's oven turn on broil wait 30 min to 1 hour should be blue. and
If your wife catches you  she can turn a lovely shade of red. :-)  Ive done
this a few times if you what black or blue black then talk to a gun
refinisher about bluing it.
I have a trivet I did out of wrought Iron that was heat blued you can see it
Here
http://flyinghorseforge.homestead.com/finishedtrivet.html


> 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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