Thread: Can you checmically alter/affect temper?

My bet is that your POS razor had a POS tempering process!

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Neil Miller

My bet is that your POS razor had a POS tempering process! Regards, Neil

+1 The simplest explanation should always rise to the top.

I don't know 'what' happened to it but there was heavy metal loss, tons of rust all over the blade as well as the inside of the scales... Looks to have had prolonged exposure to water or to have been put away in plastic soaking wet for a long time.

I should have included a picture for reference. This is what the razor looked like before I started playing with it:

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

+1 The simplest explanation should always rise to the top.

Thank you Occam

Charlie

Thanks to Mike for the distraction. Food for thought. The remedy took a bit to track down.

Jeff

Hey

Something to be careful of is that chemicals can precipitate under the oxidation layers, they are very fine layers. If you are going to be going into lots of different solutions with the same razor you want to be careful that you give it a good wash with clean water to get as much of that stuff off before going into the next solution.

Carl

Originally Posted by Prahston

Ended up getting a super POS razor in a package deal with some other items I wanted to currently using it as my sacrificial test subject trying different methods of rust removal.

It's been in a bath of 50/50 Acetone/ATF for 4 days with minimal results and my plan was to next try Berryman's Carb Dip as I have it sitting on the shelf. My question on that is whether I could affect the temper chemically without knowing it. This razor is well beyond any recover being heavily rusted with large chunks out of it so no way I'm going to be able to test hone/use it so simply looking for effective rust removal. My last try will be Citric Acid Bath which I believe will yield the best results but, if reasonable/for information purposes only, would like to try the Berryman's as it sure works wonders on gunked up and beyond nasty carbeurators.

Any ideas or experience using Carb Dip or other chemicals and whether it could have a reaction that would affect temper?

Thanks in advance for any/all information!

Shawn
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