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Interesting concept, but I'm not sure the soot would hold in place sufficient while pouring the metal into canister to provide much protection. Why don't you try it and let us know? I've played around with paint/ss foil, but usually tend to just grind the canister off after welding up. I use 1/8" (or slightly less) metal for canister and by the time all the scale is removed after several forging heats there's not all that much canister left to grind off.Hi Has anyone heard of using acetyline soot to coat the insides of a canister ,instead of using white paint/white out or ss foil ? Thanks HM
YesHmmm, I never thought of doing mokume in a canister, but sounds very interesting. I always used a foil pouch and torque plates. Do you clamp it hard and weld it up and treat it just like regular a billet from there?