Cable damascus spear

[Angus]

Made a pretty heavy duty cable spear and put in a acid solution for about a half hour and brought it out cleaned it all up and then tried putting a polish to it and all the damascus when away should I soke it a bit longer an hour or more I would heat the acid up but no way to do that yet. Thanks for your help guys....

[Robert Mayo]

What kind of acid are you using? Longer soak and warming might work but i find the best for etching is ferric cloride.

Bob

[Angus]

Im using that motherbourd etching acid you buy at radio shack I also thought about trying vinager limon and salt method to see how that works.

[MattBower]

Im using that motherbourd etching acid you buy at radio shack I also thought about trying vinager limon and salt method to see how that works.

That's the right stuff. When you polished it after etching, what did you use?

[Angus]

I used the red polish stick on a buffing wheel

[Angus]

So I got some acid heated up real good by heating up a pot full of water then putting the acid in its container in the water just letting it det now for a bit hopefully it works better.

[MattBower]

Well, if you buffed out the pattern, either you buffed too aggressively or you didn't etch deep enough. I normally follow the etch by hand-rubbing with 1500-2000 grit paper.

It helps to pull the steel out of the acid occasionally and give it a scrub with a soft brush; it'll etch faster that way.

[Angus]

Hey thanks for the tip matt ill try that I definetly buffed to aggresivly.