MjaRings

Never mind, thank you for replying anyway. I suspected it was chemically inert, but I didn't know it was to this extent. I discussed it with a well-known local knife maker, and unfortunately, they also have no experience with this type of steel. Maybe I just misunderstood and thought it would discolor over time. Oh i didnt know, sorry fot that :/

Oh okey, so it won't be possible to make the pattern darker on such stainless steel?

Oh, thank you… After removing the gray residue, the ring was shiny again without any signs of the Damascus steel pattern. I tried many enchants, such as classic ferric chloride, hydrochloride acid alone, nitric acid, but without any results... either the surface was gray again or it did nothing at all. Coffee is a good idea, but I'm afraid it won't work on stainless Damascus steel. The steels are 1.4404 (AISI 316L) and 1.4301 (AISI 304). Would there be any problems with wearing rings made from different alloys? I mean, to prevent the skin from blackening due to higher carbon content in the steel...

I purchased Damasteel material , and after etching, the material turned completely gray. Do you know what could have caused this? The solution was mixed according to manufacturer sheets in the correct ratio. I also tried solution with HCl(95) : HNO3 (5).. this way it was way better but not perfect.. the ring is still light but my expectations were different.. i wanted more darker… can you help me please ? And it´s DS95X