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Bronzing steel?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 1025425" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Shorty, that screw probably can't be CCH in the original way. If it was bought new, from the hardware store, it's made of modern steel which has probably had some alloy/mineral added. Screws aren't made of low carbon steel today. If its not a straight, basic low carbon steel, It my harden but it won't color. Matching color, on CCH, using the original process ain't going to happen! The colors are completely and totally ramdom. 1018 colors nicely as does 8620 when modern steels are spoken of. That scew is probably made of neither. You can get some "color" by simply polishing the screw (head) to a high luster (400-600g) and wiping a thing coat of Rig un Grease on it and gentally waving an oxy/act flame through a 00 or 000 gas welding tip with a slightly carburizing flame (adjust torch to a neutral flame, then add a touch of act for a carburizing flame). What you get may not match what you've got.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 1025425, member: 24284"] Shorty, that screw probably can't be CCH in the original way. If it was bought new, from the hardware store, it's made of modern steel which has probably had some alloy/mineral added. Screws aren't made of low carbon steel today. If its not a straight, basic low carbon steel, It my harden but it won't color. Matching color, on CCH, using the original process ain't going to happen! The colors are completely and totally ramdom. 1018 colors nicely as does 8620 when modern steels are spoken of. That scew is probably made of neither. You can get some "color" by simply polishing the screw (head) to a high luster (400-600g) and wiping a thing coat of Rig un Grease on it and gentally waving an oxy/act flame through a 00 or 000 gas welding tip with a slightly carburizing flame (adjust torch to a neutral flame, then add a touch of act for a carburizing flame). What you get may not match what you've got. [/QUOTE]
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