How hot is a home laundry iron?

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Set on it's highest setting, would the iron affect the temper of a blade when melting resists for etching?

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Ross
 
I'm only guessing, but since it's main function is to get water just hot enough to steam, I would say don't sweat it (ho ho).
 
Hot enough to give me a 2nd degree burn on my stomach.

Note to self: No more ironing shirts while wearing them. Even if you have a towel under your clothes to "protect" you.
 
The iron I have is not a steam iron and it lists over 400 F at the top range.

Depends on the steel you have but I expect that temp control isn't that accurate and you could over temper with that.


Why not melt your resist and then apply it instead of heating the blade with the iron.
Or use nail polish as a resist
 
Hey 12345678910, what is your method for etching? How do you melt your resist before you apply it? I'm using a laser printer and glossy paper to make the resist, than transferring the resist to the blade using a hot iron.
 
If your using the iron for that purpose you won't get the blade hot enough to hurt the temper.Temper is achieved by temp. and time.So the minute or so you hold the iron on the blade is not gonna hurt it.And the rest of the blade will act as a heat sink drawing the heat away from your transfer area.
Stan
 
R.Aki said:
Hey 12345678910, what is your method for etching? How do you melt your resist before you apply it? I'm using a laser printer and glossy paper to make the resist, than transferring the resist to the blade using a hot iron.
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I was thinking you were using an asphaltum type of resist acid etch, not ironing glossy paper to the blade.

If that's what you are doing, even a hot iron would work since your time of contact is so short.
There's a big difference between the iron at 450 and heating up the blade to 450


Paper starts to charr at 450 ish F too so you don't want to go too hot.


Edited to add Stan go it while I was typing
 
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