Color Case Hardening With Torch. Hello, i am interested in your color case hardening kit, for an old savage 99 rifle i am restoring, the lever was case hardened, but it’s entirely gone, and your product might be the answer. You need a source of bubbles.
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Today is july 7th, and the email below, from william b. The process results in a marbleized coloring of the parts and provides a thin hardened layer of steel while preserving a softer steel core. Wyoming armory is a custom gunsmithing shop where we build custom firearms, but one of our specialities is tradional bone charcoal color case hardening.
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Lots of bubbles to really rile up the quench bath. Is there any way to imitate color case hardening that i can do in my shop. However, i believe your product needs a clear coat to complete the finish…correct?
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If not, is there any other finish i can do. I doubt you can reach a hardening depth of.030, that would take many hours at 1700 degrees. Creating case colors with a torch is a classic bubba trick.
You Will Have To Take The Surface Down To Bright Shiny Steel First & Have Absolutely No Trace Of Oil, Unless You Want Areas That Don’t “Take” The Color.
But i can't tell you if you can do it without danger, because i don't know what kind of welds they were using. We use the traditional wood and bone charcoal method of color case hardening. Today is july 7th, and the email below, from william b.
The Color Comes From The Reaction Of The Steel With Bone, Charcoal And Other Secret Stuff Packed Into A Sealed Steel Container With The Finished Actions.
Some of the classic shotgun with case harden were. My name is george dillman. The hardening depth is limited, because only the surface of the part is.
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No concentration of heat is applied to bring about a color change in the metal (a simple propane torch is suffecient heat for the job). The colors are temper colors (same as heating any piece of clean steel) and are very thin (one atomic layer) and cannot be improved. Mike, this coloring is part of the process of color case hardening.
