[TheForge] Flat black finish

[Bob Ehrenberger]

For a flat finish I use hot oil.   Get the part hot, dip in oil, let it 
flash off excess oil.  If the part is still wet, hold over fire and burn 
off excess.

This does well on indoor stuff, it will not hold up outside.

-- 
Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, MO

Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 18:57:09 -0500
From: "Larry Brown"<lp.brown at verizon.net>
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Hi
Any recommendations for getting a flat black finish on iron or steel.
Customer wants something so it looks like it was in a barn for the last 50
years. (Without the poop)
Thanks
Larry Brown