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Can anyone of you knowledgable folks tell me the recipie for Brine? I looked real hard but I did'nt find any in my kitchen cupboard.:D THANXALOT..........
 
I buy the cheapest salt I can find and start pouring and stirring it into water. When the water stops absourbing the salt its done. I havent tried the egg trick but I bet it works.
 
What Bruce said. You can get water softener salt for $3-4.00, for a 40lb bag, at wal mart, or most supermarkets. you just have to crush it up a little, mixing it with hot water helps also.
 
Do you folks quench stainless in this brine? What steels is it good for? How long does it last before you have to dump it and make a new batch? What signs tell you it's no good anymore? This is very interesting, thanks for the info!
 
There's a site around here somewhere, with a brine quenching set-up with furnace.
 
You can use brine if you want to really get gung ho. Regular water will work just fine for 1095, the steel will get extremely hard. On second thought though the brine may help to reduce warp. I will have too try brine again. I'm thinking that will have a much quicker cool thereby possibly reducing the chance for warpage. I have almost given up on 1095 because it warps so bad.
 
Originally posted by Chang
I heard that it was water with enough salt in it to float an egg.
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If remember my chemistry correctly, you can achieve maximum salinity by mixing salt into boiling water until it will not absorb any more.
 
Brine is a faster quench, but I get less warpage because it's more even. It doesn't allow the big bubbles to stick to the steel like regular water does, as I understand it. A chemist explained it to me recently, but all but the bottom line was over my head.
Hrisoulas uses blueing salts, and I'm pretty sure that's where the egg references here are from. I've had rather poor results from table salt, (big warpage) and great results from epsom salts. I add enough that there's a layer on the bottom of my tank undisolved. As far as I know, it doesn't go bad. I just renew both the salts and the water now and then, because the water boils away and the salt crystalizes on the blades.
 
Hi guys,
Just to make sure I under stand it correctly, you can use brine on high carbon steel? Such as 1084, 1095 and tool steels.
 
mpj13, I never said that. Brine quenching will be ok for some steels, not for others. I do not know which will/will not benefit. :eek:
 
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