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Highstrap, very interesting articles and thanks for posting them. I will try the stump remover if my Lowe's has it.
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That's 329 degress c?! What the heck? I black all of my stuff at 143 deg c thats 289 f. which is the absolute perfect blacking temp. Maybe jts the salts you are using need a higher temp...I'm glad I'm using mine because trying to lower boiling points is a risky process the higher the temp...
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143°C/289°F sure doesn't sound like "Niter" blue to me. This sounds like "Hot Salts" bluing to me as this is within the proper temp range for them.
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Tony, glad you see that you are back and that everything went fine.
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Yes, my bad, I miss-understood what was being discussed. JDW, thanks, I'm still in hospital but hoping to be released today or tomorrow.
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HIGHSTRAP, went to the local Lowe's today and found it. Spectraside (sp)made it. Comes in a 1 lb. bottle . Crystals are white in color. I bought a small steel loaf pan, and when I got home I asked the good woman if she had something to trade for it. She did and I will use that. I still need a thermometer. I know she has one for melting sugar, but I won't use it. I did see one that when to 700 degrees and that I will get. Parts are polished, ready to go. I finished the barrels, gave them 4 rustings, 3 boilings and 1 etch, could have done more, but that is good enough.  Nice barrels for an F gr. hammer gun
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Oscar used to melt KNO3 and a dash of AL Sulfate in a pan and let the parts soak until the right color was reached. Be careful the right color is not multi color from just the heat.
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JD, What you need is a lead thermometer.I got mine here, goes to 1000 deg. Thermometer The first time you heat the crystals a black material will rise to the surface, but as full temp. is reached all will blend together and become transparent. Be sure to wear gloves and face protection. Anything that gets in the salts, like a drop of moisture or a bug, will cause the salts to spatter out of the pot! Be careful! HTH, Robert
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Robert, thanks for the link. I will try a place near me for one. I bookmarked yours and will get it if the other one is not high enough.
I do have a face shield and welding gloves, and actually weldng jacket for protection, and will keep the oil far enough away as to be safe.
Thanks, and will post some pictures when I start.
Bill, I have heard about using the Sulfate, but don't know where to get some. I have a few parts that aren't good, will polish them and do them first with just the stump remover.
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The fumes are pretty bad, so make sure you have good ventilation.
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