You can use the torch to heat the steel parts to bronze ,blue, and purple with just heat. Practice on some polished steel and then do your actual parts. Keep a spray bottle of distilled water to stop heat soaking the parts above the color you are shooting for. Works great and can add a nice pop to silver hardware. ✌
hello everything is fine ? I hope so, how beautiful your work is, magnificent, I am a professional piercer and I also do anodizing on titanium, but on very small pieces of jewelry, I really liked your technique, I have some doubts about the name of the liquids used, the name of the first liquid and the name of the second, I sincerely thank you in advance. I can now help my friend
congratulations friend, it was very top, I tried to do it in a piece and it was matte and not with the same shine as yours, after heating and passing the iron chloride, is there anything else to be done?
Great finish on that knife! I am curious about your sanding process. What grit did you start with? I am trying to get a mirror finish on some titanium scales. Started with about 800 and worked my way to 2000, but still isn't mirror. Do I need to start lower or go higher or both? Thanks.
I do a ton of this finish and it been 2 months since your question but the starting grit all depends on the starting finish. I typically started between 220,320,400. My progression is 220,320,400,600,800,1000,1500,2000,2500 followed by buffing wheel white, green at least and I also use pink scrathless. Make sure you go a different direction between every grit so you know you removed the previous grit. Hopefully this helps and not to late
The ultra sonic cleaner has a mild solution of plain water and detergent, usually just dawn dish soap works but I have also tried degreaser. There was a little prep work done on this prior to soaking them in the bath. I started with a progressive sanding. About 600 to 1200 followed by polishing compound on a buffing wheel, red seemed to work best for me.
Thanks friend! I experimented a little with technique and found that a consistent entry speed with a bit of a shaking action will leave very interesting banded pattern. On a 6 inch piece of scrap, my best collected about 20 bands.
How do you think this will turn out with the stonewashed version ? Im getting mine soon and its stonewashed. Im fine with it not being so shiny, but im just hoping the lightning streaks will still show in the stonewashed finish.
I experimented with some rough to shiny finishes, no stonewash though. The results were lack luster on anything that was not gloss finish. There is still lots of color, but it just lacks the vivid bright metallic reflection. Also I found the further I was from mirror gloss, the less figure came out in the pattern. I highly recommend experimenting on a 1" x 1/8" strip or similar, something close to the dimensions of the knife scale will help simulate the process, plus it is much easier to sand, strip and polish a flat bar than a scale with all its geometry. Too much heat will completely blow out the color to a light sky blue/silver with orange vein. It's cool looking, but not quite as attractive, and very very easy to overheat past the colorful and reactive temperature range which was achieved on this knife.
Are you referring to the stone wash on the blade? That is a factory finish produced by tumbling the blades in a vibratory tumbler with stone or ceramic media just prior to sharpening.
Trying this on my demko today! So excited. Thank you for your AMAZING video
You can use the torch to heat the steel parts to bronze ,blue, and purple with just heat. Practice on some polished steel and then do your actual parts. Keep a spray bottle of distilled water to stop heat soaking the parts above the color you are shooting for. Works great and can add a nice pop to silver hardware. ✌
hello everything is fine ? I hope so, how beautiful your work is, magnificent, I am a professional piercer and I also do anodizing on titanium, but on very small pieces of jewelry, I really liked your technique, I have some doubts about the name of the liquids used, the name of the first liquid and the name of the second, I sincerely thank you in advance. I can now help my friend
Wow that's beautiful
hello, can you tell me what the first liquid is, and the last one, after heating?
congratulations friend, it was very top, I tried to do it in a piece and it was matte and not with the same shine as yours, after heating and passing the iron chloride, is there anything else to be done?
Very cool, Bro! :-) Peace, Stiletto :-)
Great finish on that knife! I am curious about your sanding process. What grit did you start with? I am trying to get a mirror finish on some titanium scales. Started with about 800 and worked my way to 2000, but still isn't mirror. Do I need to start lower or go higher or both? Thanks.
I do a ton of this finish and it been 2 months since your question but the starting grit all depends on the starting finish. I typically started between 220,320,400. My progression is 220,320,400,600,800,1000,1500,2000,2500 followed by buffing wheel white, green at least and I also use pink scrathless. Make sure you go a different direction between every grit so you know you removed the previous grit. Hopefully this helps and not to late
Hi really enjoyed this video. Is the bath a diluted ferric chloride or is it full strength ? Cheers 🍻
Thanks! Sorry for the delayed response. I use full strength wash. I'm curious what might happen with a diluted solution though.
After heating, what water do you put the knife handle in?
Hi question want did you dip it in to get is so clean
The ultra sonic cleaner has a mild solution of plain water and detergent, usually just dawn dish soap works but I have also tried degreaser. There was a little prep work done on this prior to soaking them in the bath. I started with a progressive sanding. About 600 to 1200 followed by polishing compound on a buffing wheel, red seemed to work best for me.
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Love the heat ano you put on the knife, does shaking it as you quench it in ferric chloride create a better ano pattern?
Thanks friend! I experimented a little with technique and found that a consistent entry speed with a bit of a shaking action will leave very interesting banded pattern. On a 6 inch piece of scrap, my best collected about 20 bands.
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Patrick, do you happen to offer that level of anodizing as a service? If so I have a 3/4 AR I'd be extremely happy to send you. DM if interested.
What is the instrument you use to cleaning your titanium piece
Can you tell me about your work?
How do you think this will turn out with the stonewashed version ? Im getting mine soon and its stonewashed. Im fine with it not being so shiny, but im just hoping the lightning streaks will still show in the stonewashed finish.
I experimented with some rough to shiny finishes, no stonewash though. The results were lack luster on anything that was not gloss finish. There is still lots of color, but it just lacks the vivid bright metallic reflection. Also I found the further I was from mirror gloss, the less figure came out in the pattern. I highly recommend experimenting on a 1" x 1/8" strip or similar, something close to the dimensions of the knife scale will help simulate the process, plus it is much easier to sand, strip and polish a flat bar than a scale with all its geometry. Too much heat will completely blow out the color to a light sky blue/silver with orange vein. It's cool looking, but not quite as attractive, and very very easy to overheat past the colorful and reactive temperature range which was achieved on this knife.
That looks amazing. I wanna try it but I don’t have any titanium knives I would be willing to Fuck up.
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did you have to put anything on the pivot area to keep it from anodizing for whatever reason?
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How do you make it matte?
Are you referring to the stone wash on the blade? That is a factory finish produced by tumbling the blades in a vibratory tumbler with stone or ceramic media just prior to sharpening.