[TheForge] Etching Damascus

[Ron Childers]

Let not your heart be troubled; Xrust, sold by Kano Labs
http://www.kanolabs.com is like liquid Navel Jelly and will do a good job of
etching damascus, but doesn't rust as bad. A blade smith friend gave me a
small amount and it seems to do the job. A pint costs $11.00 but a gallon is
$29.15 and it is mixed 10 to 1.

Most RS employees don't know what they sell- never heard of it.

Ron Childers


-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dan Tull
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:49 AM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Etching Damascus

I had heard rumors that they were removing it, is why I bought 6 bottles 
last trip in. Last year it was still on the shelf, thou geek didn't know 
what or where.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Washington, Aubrey O." <awashington at ou.edu>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Etching Damascus


Thank you Kenny, Dan, and Roger.  I went by Radio Shack last night and the 
less-than-brilliant fellow behind the counter had never heard of PCB 
Cleaner, or circuit board etchant, or any other combination of similar 
concepts that I could come up with.  He looked it up on their computer and 
concluded that they no longer sell the stuff by itself, only in a circuit 
board kit that comes with a bunch of stuff I didn't want.  And, I would have

to order it.

Now, I have no confidence that he knew what he was talking about, but I knew

I wasn't going to get the stuff from him.  So I went searching for murriatic

acid in the pool supply area of a large supermarket.  They didn't have 
murriatic acid but they did have sodium bisulfate (27% solution) in a 
product called pH Minus, so I got that.  (They also had a 92% powder in a 
much larger container.)

Back home, I couldn't find the acetone so I cleaned the blade with denatured

alcohol, soaked the blade in straight 27% sodium bisulfate for 30 minutes 
swishing it around occasionally, rinsed with water, neutralized with baking 
soda, rinsed again, thin coat of gun oil.  This worked just fine.  The 
pattern came out very nicely.

Tonight I plan to mount the blade on the handle I made of deer leg bone and 
copper.

Thanks for the advice.

Aubrey

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From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net on behalf of Dan Tull
Sent: Mon 11/20/2006 5:25 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Etching Damascus



My bottle says PCB cleaner.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger R Degner" <rog781 at means.net>
To: "'Sponsored by ABANA'" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Etching Damascus


> You need Ferric chloride
> Don't have the radio shack bottle handy to see what the name is but
> isn't it PC enchant.
> Mix the radio shack bottle to 4 parts water.  The Radio shack stuff is
> already diluted so if you by dry ferric chloride you have to dilute it
> more
>
> Roger R Degner
>
>
> Okay, I know you guys are gonna say, "This boy hasn't been paying
> attention all these year!"  But, here goes.  I just finish my first
> pattern welded blade and I'm ready to treat it to make the pattern stand
> out.   Here are my questions:
>
> What is the name of the circuit board etchant one can buy at Radio
> Shack? What is the procedure for using this stuff on a blade?  (Straight
> up or diluted?  How long?  How or if to neutralize?)
>
> I know all of these questions have been answered many times.  But I
> wasn't paying attention because I hadn't made my first blade yet.
> Sheech!
>
> Aubrey
>
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