horseclover
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Some years ago, I found a second hand Hanwei Mortuary sword. These were offered as antiqued as well but my find was matte finished stainless fittings. I purchased some Caswell Stainless Blackening and the results are shown above. With only rudimentary cleaning and not particularly looking to make it look perfect, I found the result quite nice for my purposes.
However. you may note what looks like a bit of coppery vs rust and that is exactly the color. The solution is about 10% hydrocloric acid with a copper sulfate acting in deposition.
Looking around today regarding a jewelry silver project, I had tried the Caswell I have and may use it again (scrubbed it off in the first cuff experiment).
Today's words are telluride minerals!
True black vs the copper in the Caswell solution.
Anyway, I have seen some very deep black glossy finishes with the Caswell but it looks like the Jax may be the better mousetrap for a deep black matte finish.
Not a tale of woe but exploration and Jax may find a shelf of my liquids. Not just for the cuff project but for blackening most anything.
Cheers
GC
I was going to use matte black model enamel but not now , while still needing tiny brushes. A paper clip isn't doing the job
