Vitraguard???

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Getting ready to place an order with Sheffield tomorrow evening and among my wish list is Vitraguard - used to minimize decarb and oxidization during HT. Looking for advise from any one who has tryed this stuff. Right now I'm doing O-1 steel but since I'm ordering a good kiln I am also ordering some D-2 and ATS-34 to try out and if I can do ATS-34 I know I'll try BG-42 later. Any one out there using this stuff (Vitraguard)?

Thanks
 
Hi rlinger,
I've used Vitraguard and found it to work fairly well. I used it for O1 and brushed it on. One problem that I found was that if you don't use a pretty fine bristle brush, you can get some decarb in the low spots of the brush marks. It also seems to be a little sensitive to coating thickness. That said, it works pretty well.

My favorite coating is the Turco that K & G used to sell. I spray it on in a nice, even, and THIN coat (thin is very important). It does a good job for me. Naturally K & G stopped selling it since I finally found something I like...something about USP reclassifing as a hazardous material and charging a fortune for shipping...also I think Turco had a price increase. Looks like I may be using Vitriguard again when my Turco supply runs out.

Hope it helps,
Cecil
 
Thanks Cecil for coming to my aid once again. Based on your experience I will keep Vitraguard on my list. I still don't know, however, if it will help protect the 'super steels'. I have been told that some of the 'supers' can decarb to about 60 mil's deep if exposed to oxygen.

Anyone one out there heat treating the super steels using this stuff (Vitraguard)???
 
You could try stainless steel foil used for heat treating i think all the knife supply houses carry it. It should work better for your use.
 
If you do an edge quench, the vitraguard on the un-quenched part is some times hard to remove. Have any of you other guy's experienced this?
 
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