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Old 03-08-2020, 02:00 PM
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Great tip on the cold bluing Jim.

I've noticed similar so I tend to get the stuff up to being about 80-90F. The water here is set to 135F and I follow a similar practice as you mention. I'll have to try the 000 and 0000 steel wool.

One of my mentors similarly mentioned that acid etching damascus works well with this same temp range. I haven't tried any hotter since an acid etch takes about 5-6 minutes at my temp and 50-50 concentration ratio.


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