Thread: Can you checmically alter/affect temper?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I use Brake Cleaner to clean off Polishing Compound as I buff razors as it cools them fast, and doesn't allow cross comtamination of my wheels... (No Scales)

Eye protection and mask too right that stuff is toxic!

Mike Blue
Thank you for posting this information about hardness and temperature. There is a lot of information on the ww web that says you can reduce hardness of a blade by "baking" it at 200°F.

Thanks,
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Originally Posted by dfafs

...There is a lot of information on the ww web that says you can reduce hardness of a blade by "baking" it at 200°F.

No problem. If someone was confused about 200 Centigrade that's enough to reduce hardness in some steels. Here's where I go for a quick look when I'm away from my hardcover books on heat treatment. Online Materials Information Resource - MatWeb

As long as you know what the material is, this provides the basic temperatures and all sorts of other goodies, you need to know.

Thanks for all the info! Based on this information I did a pre-soak test of 4 hours in the Berryman's on half the blade and the results were promising enough I disassembled the razor full and she is no fully submerged for 24 hours. I took pics throughout so I'll post another thread later.

Oh yeah, the Hydrogen Embrittlement Distraction was well above my head! That will remain food for thought way down the road. My Berryman's is newer but I'd heard stories about the Old Stuff you can't get anymore and how if you left things too long or put the wrong parts in they were just, 'gone'... That line of thinking got me concerned about things I could not see like Temper so thought I'd better ask as I didn't find any references in a Search.

I am not concerned about what happens to this particular razor but I do want to learn from it what I can. An interesting theory I am going to look at if the 24 hour soak works is whether I can use just ad drop of Berryman's on one piece of isolated rust on an otherwise viable blade.

Thanks so much for the Info!