acid splash anyone?

wolf5391

wolf5391

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I got bored again and decided to acid splash My shallot.


The first picture shows the plain scale that has been degreased

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Next I splash red finger nail polish on the scale to block the acid in those areas. (I used red for people to be able to see, but generally I use clear).

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The next stage wasn't shown but I dipped the scale in Ferric chloride for 45mins, then neutralized with hot water.



after using finger nail polish remover (with acetone) the knife was left with this finish.

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all reassembled and pretty after steel wooling with 000 steel wool.
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Super cool! How do you do the fingernail polish splash? Is it a drip technique or flinging of the brush? Where do you get Ferric Chloride?
 
Maprik said:
Super cool! How do you do the fingernail polish splash? Is it a drip technique or flinging of the brush? Where do you get Ferric Chloride?
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1) I just flicked the brush at the scale. Nothing too specific, just get it to drip :)

2) Ferric chloride can be bought at any radio shack. Its also known as PCB etching solution. If you go to Radio shacks website type it in and you'll see it. I payed like 15 bucks for it about a year ago, and I'm still using it.

hope this helps
 
Will this work on the blade as well? I'm not very familiar with this process and might give it a go as well since you peaked my curiosity. Yours came out great BTW.
 
BLUEGINGER said:
Will this work on the blade as well? I'm not very familiar with this process and might give it a go as well since you peaked my curiosity. Yours came out great BTW.
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Thanks, I have done it to blades before so yes it does work.

Some steels get darker than others and some steel stays lighter but still etches. I find stainless steels take longer to etch than carbon steels.
 
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