Thread: Bluing Steel

So check this out!... now I know what to do with my oil!

"I often use mild steel found around my shop to make some minor parts, and depend upon a hardening of the surface to save the part from wearing excessively or rusting easily. Mild (low-cost) steel can be made fairly rust-free by a quick, cheap method, utilizing the used oil drained from your car. (This is also a good excuse not to be in a rush to take the drained oil to the recycling place until you’re good and ready.) The dirtier the oil, the better, as this is a rich source of carbon. I heat the part to a cherry red and quench it in the carbon-blessed oil, maybe repeating the process several times until I have a good blackening much like the carbonizing on camshafts and other parts of an engine. This surface is reasonably hard, but more importantly, holds up under the 96 percent average humidity found in the Southeast Gulf Coast of Texas. It simply won’t rust."


Case Hardening with Kasenit

I snagged it off this site.


I got a torch.. and I just changed my oil... still sitting in the collecting pot.


....I might try this on a craptastic blade.....

How to Harden Steel With Motor Oil | eHow.com

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Not the same,case hardening with colors is done in a furnace,packed with animal matter,teeth,hooves,bone,take many days to get the colors correct,look here:TurnbullMfg. Co. for firearm restoration of antique guns - antique revolvers, antique pistols - including Winchester rifles, Marlin rifles, Parker shotguns, Colt revolvers, and more

You know simpleman had a bunch of bones and might want to try this on the knuckler!


http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...s-could-i.html

Also found this for making a forge

http://www.zombiehunters.org/forum/v...p?f=39&t=46806

Originally Posted by BigBlue

You know simpleman had a bunch of bones and might want to try this on the knuckler!


http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...s-could-i.html

Also found this for making a forge

Zombie Squad • View topic - Make your own tools: simple forging setup

My dad was a gunsmith and did restoration work for Abercrombies back in the day,as I recall,he used a tiny electric kiln to do small parts,was alot of voodoo envolved in the process,differant animal parts would create differant colors,sure was pretty as you never knew what colors or patterns you would get.DO NOT TRY THIS IN YOUR WIFES OVEN