how to make stainless blue?

[Jared Stenoien]

i've made a stainless steel rose for my girlfriend for valentines day and i heard that if you quench it in transmission fluid it will turn blue, how is this possible? the only transmission fluid i can find is yellow, will it turn blue afterwards? if not does anyone know something that i can use to do the same thing that's not too expensive? thanks guys i know this isnt a knife question but i figured you'd know also if possible i'd like to do some brass streaks with a brush after the blue coating goes on, would this ruin it? here's a pic

 

[mete]

That rose will get you many points, nice ! I think they mean dipping in oil then heating it .But you don't need the oil , just heating will give you oxide colors. It might be difficult to maintain uniform color with that complex a shape though . Take a piece of stainless like the petal and heat the outer edge and see if you like that it might give a nice touch of color .Depending on temperature it will give gold, brown, blue purple.

 

[Jared Stenoien]

oh allright, that makes sense, thank you! would you say about 450 on the temp?

 

[Bruce Evans]

different temps in the oven will give different colors or you can paint the colors on with a torch,Then quench it in the oil to lock the color in and give a nice shine to the color.

That rose is very cool looking also.
Bruce