[TheForge] Putting some blue color in iron

Fri Mar 15 03:15:01 2002

At 10:52 PM 3/14/02, you wrote:


Selenic acid is a traditional blue also,,,don't eat the stuff...PF

>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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