[TheForge] JAX blackener

[Woolley]

ries wrote:
> Be aware- blackening agents ARE rust. They are oxidizing the surface, which is chemically similar to rust. So the logical result of too much blackener, mixed with water, is rust.
>
>
>   
Pretty much any time I use a blackening agent that has to be stopped (as 
in stop bath)with water the result is surface rust as it dries. I 
usually pull off a little of the oxide with 000 or maybe even 0000 steel 
wool to even out the color and then apply lacquer or other clear top 
coat.  I don't think I ever got a true black with chemicals, usually a 
deep brown or blackish green.  Very nice finishes.  True black to me 
means paint it and get it over with.

Woolley


> On Aug 8, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Lucky7Steel wrote:
>
> 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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