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Multicolor Damascus

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I have several pieces of mosaic carbon damascus and was looking for info on coloring them. I have seen pics with blue, purple gold, and other colors in them. Thank You.
Stephan
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To color steel, you have to heat it. It will go from yellow to blue. Here is a guid of temps.

430 Very pale yellow
440 Light yellow
450 Pale straw-yellow
460 Straw-yellow
470 Deep straw-yellow
480 Dark yellow
490 Yellow-brown
500 Brown-yellow
510 Spotted red-brown
520 Brown-purple
530 Light purple
540 Full purple
550 Dark purple
560 Full blue
570 Dark blue

I dont know if you can annodize steel or not.:confused:
 
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