thrillbilly
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I saw this on a web search
Birchwood casey Super blue (for hardened metals)
Alcohol (for degreasing the blade)
ballistol, or gun oil
latex, or rubber gloves
clorox bleach
0000 steel wool
old 9x13 glass casserole dish (must be glass)
Old pot large enough that your knife can be fully submerged in.
1 of your favorite beers.
Here is why it takes so long. Get your old pot , fill it with water and get it boiling.
While your water is heating wipe down the blade with alcohol while wearing the gloves. You do not want any oils on the blade for the next step.
Next wipe the blade down with a good coat of the Super Blue. Fill your 9x13 dish with clorox enough to submerge your knife. Look at the clock, put the knife in the clorox, take your gloves off grab your beer and wait. (The knife in my avatar was in the clorox for 20 minutes). Almost instantly you will see the fuzzy rust starting to form on the blade, and it gets worse the longer it soaks. The longer it soaks the deeper the rust eats into the steel. Once you are happy with the soak time take the knife out of the clorox wipe of the heavy rust with a rag (it will look like a rusted nightmare) and chuck it in the boiling water for a few minutes. pull the knife out and let it cool till you are able to handle it then give it a rub down with the steel wool till you get the desired patina you are after. The last step is to rub the blade with a liberal amount of oil to stop the rusting action.
Anyone know what the Boiling Water part does? Other then that, it's just ''cliching'' lol
Ive been reading, and every ''how-to'' on blue/bleach etching calls for dipping it in boiling (distilled usually) water after the bleach bath. I have never done that...I wonder what it looks like, or if it looks the same.
Also, a lot of posters recommend applying the Blue with steelwool...supposedly makes a more even pattern then cottonballs. All interesting stuff. I'm gonna try the Boiling/steel wool variation...see what happens.
Birchwood casey Super blue (for hardened metals)
Alcohol (for degreasing the blade)
ballistol, or gun oil
latex, or rubber gloves
clorox bleach
0000 steel wool
old 9x13 glass casserole dish (must be glass)
Old pot large enough that your knife can be fully submerged in.
1 of your favorite beers.
Here is why it takes so long. Get your old pot , fill it with water and get it boiling.
While your water is heating wipe down the blade with alcohol while wearing the gloves. You do not want any oils on the blade for the next step.
Next wipe the blade down with a good coat of the Super Blue. Fill your 9x13 dish with clorox enough to submerge your knife. Look at the clock, put the knife in the clorox, take your gloves off grab your beer and wait. (The knife in my avatar was in the clorox for 20 minutes). Almost instantly you will see the fuzzy rust starting to form on the blade, and it gets worse the longer it soaks. The longer it soaks the deeper the rust eats into the steel. Once you are happy with the soak time take the knife out of the clorox wipe of the heavy rust with a rag (it will look like a rusted nightmare) and chuck it in the boiling water for a few minutes. pull the knife out and let it cool till you are able to handle it then give it a rub down with the steel wool till you get the desired patina you are after. The last step is to rub the blade with a liberal amount of oil to stop the rusting action.
Anyone know what the Boiling Water part does? Other then that, it's just ''cliching'' lol
Ive been reading, and every ''how-to'' on blue/bleach etching calls for dipping it in boiling (distilled usually) water after the bleach bath. I have never done that...I wonder what it looks like, or if it looks the same.
Also, a lot of posters recommend applying the Blue with steelwool...supposedly makes a more even pattern then cottonballs. All interesting stuff. I'm gonna try the Boiling/steel wool variation...see what happens.
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