[TheForge] JAX blackener

[Mark and Sylvia Mondloch]

I use some products from EPI . First I sandblast the piece. For blackening I 
use insta-blak 333 mixed in a 55 gallon drum. It lasts covered in the drum 
for a long time. I put the piece in the solution for about 2 minutes. Take 
it out and rinse with water and then pour E-Tec 522 (a water-based wax 
emulsion) all over the piece. After rinsing do not let the piece dry before 
the next step or it WILL rust. Blow off excess. Let dry and repeat the 
E-Tec. Quite often between the the 2 coats of 522 I use a die grinder with a 
fine brass brush on the piece to give it some color. Been finishing pieces 
this way for 10 years and still like it.
Mark and Sylvia Mondloch
Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
mondloch at silvercreekpottery.com
www.silvercreekpottery.com

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From: "Lucky7Steel" <lucky7steel at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 4:33 PM
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [TheForge] JAX blackener

> I tried using JAX blackener for steel today on a test piece of cold rolled
> steel tubing.
> At first it seemed to work really well but after washing it off and 
> hanging
> to dry, it quickly got an orange coating on it (like rust but...not 
> quite).
> Clearly i did something wrong. Anyone have any advice? I wondered if i wax
> over it if it would go away (wishful thinking i'm sure). i did clean the
> piece quite well but i didnt use Muratic acid first or anything like that.
> Just cleaned and dipped and washed.
> stinky stinky! i worse gloves but somehow my hand still smells like 
> sulfur.
> :-(
>
> ~karen~
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