I have since tried it on a couple of 80CRV2 blades and went back to using ATP641. In my admittedly very limited and unscientific testing, I did not find it effective at all. Since it did not work well for me on carbon steel, I did not bother to try it on stainless.
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Blaster graphite spray?
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I find it amazing that some folks, like me, find that the graphite seems to bond with the surface. While it protects from decarb and scale, when properly applied, it also allows for faster cool down, unlike thicker coatings. I typically have a one Rockwell increase over clay and powder! So, I get nothing out of passing the word, but if you want to see the results from myself and others, check out my papers on the website (www.bellablades.com). I use O1 tool steel exclusively, but many of the early testers used AEB-L. I typically garnet blast it off o leave it on. I have NEVER have a greasy mess after applying graphite. Prep is everything! As I have said before, we are a DIY site, passing along what we have discovered through research and testing. Don't use it if you don't want. I get nothing from my efforts but satisfaction of learning something new and passing it on--that's it. In other words, I don't care if you use it or not, but don't fail in one attempt and declare, with great authority, that it doesn't work. I'm done trying to help others on this topic.I have since tried it on a couple of 80CRV2 blades and went back to using ATP641. In my admittedly very limited and unscientific testing, I did not find it effective at all. Since it did not work well for me on carbon steel, I did not bother to try it on stainless.
Please, don't put words in my mouth. I did not declare with great authority that it does not work. What I said was that I tried it out twice (not once as you asserted above) and I did not find it effective at preventing decarb in either case. Tom Lewis reported the same result on one sample, and there are other people that tried it and reported similarly poor results elsewhere on the internet. What you make of that is up to you, maybe none of us applied it properly as you seem to imply above. Or maybe this method has not taken off despite being cheap, readily available and easy to use because it does not really work all that well. Who knows? For my part, I hereby declare with great authority that I believe in Occam's razor.In other words, I don't care if you use it or not, but don't fail in one attempt and declare, with great authority, that it doesn't work. I'm done trying to help others on this topic.
You win! I apologize! I thought you said you tried it--not twice, just tried it. I could be wrong. Some people, like me, actually found that it did work. Speaking of Occam's razor, coating a blade with graphite (a crystalline form of carbon with strong covalent bonds), to reduce/eliminate carbon oxidation in a furnace seems to fit the definition. Look guys, I'm not trying to pick a fight. I'm just passing on what I and others have learned. I believe that it doesn't work for you . . . OK?Please, don't put words in my mouth. I did not declare with great authority that it does not work. What I said was that I tried it out twice (not once as you asserted above) and I did not find it effective at preventing decarb in either case. Tom Lewis reported the same result on one sample, and there are other people that tried it and reported similarly poor results elsewhere on the internet. What you make of that is up to you, maybe none of us applied it properly as you seem to imply above. Or maybe this method has not taken off despite being cheap, readily available and easy to use because it does not really work all that well. Who knows? For my part, I hereby declare with great authority that I believe in Occam's razor.