Blued my sirupati and screwed up anyway.

[Ferrous Wheel]

and continues to. It is important ot follow the instructions carefully, and an additional tip that may help is this: Put your oven on the lowest setting, or set the blade in the sun or over a heat vent. When the steel is clean, free of grease and dirt, and at room temperature or above, you're ready to blue.

I find it easier to maintain the blued blade, and it weathers well with use. Really sets off any horn-handled-khuk.

I could send you some pix, Ichor, if you'd like to see what I've been doing with blueing solution. I've gone past the prectical and into the cosmetic with the stuff, experimenting with combining etching and blueing.

Keith

 

[Yvsa]

Originally posted by Ferrous Wheel
It is important ot follow the instructions carefully, and an additional tip that may help is this: Put your oven on the lowest setting, or set the blade in the sun or over a heat vent.

Keith

Keith is spot on!!!!
I've said the same thing over and over. Steel is never at room temperature unless you warm it to be so.
You can also put the object to be blued into a pan of water deep enough to cover the piece. Bring it to the point of just getting little bubbles around the edge.
The steel can just be handled, barely, at this temp so be careful to not burn yourself.
If it's a small blade, say 10" or so and your hot water tank is set high enough you can just run hot water over it for a while.
Don't touch the steel with your bare flesh, it will leave oil deposits and the blue won't take.
I use rubber gloves when I'm cold blueing something.