navren scafidi Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 iv recently had a request for a damascus shaving razor. iv made razors before, but he wants the blade to be green. how can i turn steel green w/o painting it and w/o messing up the temper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 tough call. Titanium can be either heat or electro-colored, even to a green but it won't keep a good edge, no where near good enough for a shaving razor that will be used. as for good steels ? Sorry. where did this guy get that idea anyway?:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Fredeen Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I think the only way you'll be able to achieve that result would be with a baking lacquer. I've never used any myself, but I have seen it used by Ed Caffery on some of his damascus to give some wild colors (including green). Brownells makes some, though I don't know if they have your particular color (looks like they cary more camo based colors for firearms), but somebody makes green. The baking lacquers bake on at about 300-350 F so they won't ruin the temper of the blade. I also can't really comment much on the durability of the coating, it is suppose to be "scratch resistant" and I know it would hold up better than paint, but I'd imagine it is still limited. Im sure if you research baking lacquers you'll be able to determine if they are what you are after. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnptc Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 how about something like a parkerized finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Budd Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 probably the safest way to make the blade appear green is to give the guy a pair of green tinted glasses to view it through ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triw Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 (edited) Travis Wuerts uses the baking lacquer from brownells and dose a very light sanding with a fine sand paper to expose the nickel highlights. The lacquer holds up very well and I saw a few knives and they still looked new. Edited March 11, 2009 by steve sells Spam removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 If you do manage to make a green piece of steel, please show us how you did it, and a picture of the razor Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenK Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Color Magic stains? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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