lunas
Enlightened
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- Apr 18, 2014
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My setup goes from 0-125v anything past about 60v looks off im not getting good colors my bath is borax and distilled water anything below 60v looks good and is even. From what i have found online unless i use some method of etching the titanium first going past 60v will be unpredictable.
so far i have tried cold super iron out as an etchant next ill try toothpaste overnight after that ill try older formula of super iron out. Maybe ill just settle for the low voltage colors... But I kinda want to get green reliably my multi tool with no prep hit green on the edges during the second attempt.
I am also wet sanding to 2000 grit the knife scale i'm going to do next to see if that will do it. Titanium the sandpaper destroyer...
Also about people who use multi etch
the stuff needs to be double the strength cold or heated to 150F you need to use a fume hood but it will strip the color from the pieces no sanding no polishing just eats the titanium and if you leave it in too long will dissolve it.
But the colors really do look very deep and rich.
so far i have tried cold super iron out as an etchant next ill try toothpaste overnight after that ill try older formula of super iron out. Maybe ill just settle for the low voltage colors... But I kinda want to get green reliably my multi tool with no prep hit green on the edges during the second attempt.
I am also wet sanding to 2000 grit the knife scale i'm going to do next to see if that will do it. Titanium the sandpaper destroyer...
Also about people who use multi etch
the stuff needs to be double the strength cold or heated to 150F you need to use a fume hood but it will strip the color from the pieces no sanding no polishing just eats the titanium and if you leave it in too long will dissolve it.
But the colors really do look very deep and rich.
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