Product Description
Color steel and stainless steel parts by heat treating and oil quenching
Possible colors include yellows, browns, purples and blues.
Our Heat Coloring Kit Includes Casweld™ Keep Kool™ Putty, which prevents heat from travelling up your pliers or other part holder and burning you.
With the use of a blowtorch or gas burner (not included), steel and stainless parts can be colored by heating up to different temperatures:
On Stainless, color changes start at approx 550 deg F for a pale yellow and continue to change until a dark blue will occur at approx 1100 deg F.
On mild steel, color changes start at 350 deg F and continue through 750 deg F.
Never heat color knife blades or other tempered steels, as this will damage them.
Rainbow/Prism effects can be achieved by heating up different areas of the part to different temperatues. This can be achieved by using the Keep Kool™ to "mask off" areas of the part to prevent them from heating. Patterns are limited only by your imagination.
The Kit Includes:
- 1 x 2lb Tub Casweld™ Keep Kool™ Putty
- 1 x Quart Quenching Oil
- 1 x Quart Liquid Degreaser
- 2 x Cans For Degreasing and Quenching
- Instructions with color chart
Instructions For Steel & Stainless Steel Parts
- Parts Must Be Polished or sanded first
- Never heat color knife blades or previously heat colored or tempered parts
- Part must be perfectly clean and dry before heating (no fingerprints, dust, oils)
- If using a blowtorch, make sure you have lots of fuel. Once you start the process, you can€™t stop
- Different alloys of steel will have slightly different colors
- We recommend practicing technique and timing on scrap parts first
Steps:
- Remove all combustibles, paper, rags etc from the heating and quenching area
- Place the Quenching Oil outside, or in a well ventilated area
- Form a large blob of The Keep Kool Putty around your part holder, pliers etc to prevent the holder from heating up and burning your hand.
- NOTE You can also use the putty to mask off certain areas to create patterns. The metal under the putty will not heat up.
- Fully degrease the part in the degreasing solution
- Avoiding touching the part with your bare fingers, attach to your holder or pliers etc
- Begin heating the part, rotating the part over the flame to heat evenly.
- After the color begins to change, back off the heat a little and watch the part closely. It will progress through the colors quickly.
- Once the correct color is achieved, quench the part in the oil. Do not allow the part to touch the sides or bottom of the container.
- Once it has cooled down, remove it from the oil and allow to dry for approx. 20 mins
- Wipe off excess oil and enjoy your new colored part.
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Additional Equipment May Be Required
For Our Tank Plating Kits:
- Copper Pipe for tank bar
- Copper Wire to hang items
- Small amount of electrical wire to make connections
- DC Power Supply - Included In Some Kits. Check kit contents on web site
- Optional Rinse Tanks (or rinse over the plating tanks with a water bottle)
- Other minor household items may be required, such as gloves, water etc.
For Our Anodizing Kits:
- DC Power Supply (Standard Kit Only)
- 1 Gal Battery Acid
- Dyes (if desired)
- Optional Rinse Tanks (or rinse over the plating tanks with a water bottle)
- Other minor household items may be required, such as gloves, water etc.
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