Thread: The Butchered Blade

So what effect are you after. Deep blue or black or a translucent blue

Originally Posted by outback

So what effect are you after. Deep blue or black or a translucent blue

Some of the pitting still has black spots , so I guess the darker the better. Also I've done some 180 grit sanding , I don't wanna go any higher because the blade is a mess ,end of story .Plus I'm working on other very important blades, blades for me

Update: Washed the blade in acetone , now its resting on a hot radiator (its 1c here today)I'll wash it in distilled vinegar after then blue it overnight n see what happens , ill post pics ..Thanks

If you heat your vinegar on the stove and then use that for your vinegar soak it will do both warm the blade and etch the surface to give the blue better hold. I have also gotten a very deep blue by wrapping the blade in paper towel and then soaking the paper towel and leave it for a 1/2 hour and then sit the blade on a dry paper towel overnight, then clean it up a little with some 0000 steel wool, very gently. to vary the effect you can put some bleach spots on it and then rinse it, and when you are satisfied with the results oil the blade.

Originally Posted by JOB15

Some of the pitting still has black spots , so I guess the darker the better. Also I've done some 180 grit sanding , I don't wanna go any higher because the blade is a mess ,end of story .Plus I'm working on other very important blades, blades for me

Update: Washed the blade in acetone , now its resting on a hot radiator (its 1c here today)I'll wash it in distilled vinegar after then blue it overnight n see what happens , ill post pics ..Thanks

Apply blueing till its almost black, let it get a haze of rust on it, then oil it and let it sit over nite. Do not wipe between coats of blueing.
Should work for ya.

This blade has deep pitting and scratches from coarse glass paper ,also I used a few different types of Dremel sanding bits which left the surface scared.

So last night I wiped the blade down with Acetone and then left it on a hot radiator to warm up.

I then microwaved some distilled vinegar and lay the blade down submerged in the vinegar.

After a few mins I dried off the blade and added a coat of Bluing . Then I wrapped the blade in tissue and soaked it in the Bluing liquid.

Half an hour later I removed the tissue and rinsed the blade off and lightly sanded the blade with fine steel wool.

I then repeated the whole process.

The final result is amazing , dark blue patina , hiding all the imperfections and giving the blade some character .

I love it.

Looks great Joseph!!!

Haha

Its cracked... Maybe there was a slight fracture and the hot vinegar turned it into the San Andreas Fault line?

Oh no, bummer!!!!!! San Andreas Fault line

OUCH!!! That has got to hurt

Originally Posted by AlanQ

OUCH!!! That has got to hurt

Nope. Its just metal. Ok the finest steel on Earth

It was for my bro ,so its his loss . I am busy with other blades. I'm just grateful for the bluing experience I gained.

I cant bring myself to throw it away though