Dumb question, high temp paint hamon?

oic0

oic0

I have some paint thats rated for 1200 degrees so I figure it ought to last a few seconds at 1500+ (tempering 1080 with a torch). Would it be a bad idea to try to use it in place of clay to create a controlled hamon?
 
no i wouldnt try it I highly doubt it would work, and it might give off some nasty fumes. you would probably have better results with mud from your backyard and some ash
 
Good Gods! Read the stickeys. First of all, tempering is something you do *AFTER* you *HEAT TREAT* which is the thing that you do around 1500 that makes the steel hard.

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sunshadow said:
Good Gods! Read the stickeys. First of all, tempering is something you do *AFTER* you *HEAT TREAT* which is the thing that you do around 1500 that makes the steel hard.

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It was 1:00AM. I know the difference and you knew what I meant :p
 
"Heat treat" is too esoteric. Yeah. Most common folks would just say austenitize, ya know?
 
Well, going to try it as soon as I get a day off I guess. Worst case scenario I have no hamon or have to hide an ugly one.
On that note, the ground here is made of red clay which may work a bit better than normal backyard mud and ash lol.
 
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